Clay Pots
Human beings are like a row of hand-made clay pots. Each one unique, each one fragile, each one with its own beauty and its own imperfections.
God chooses to fill each of us with his Spirit. It is His working in us that enables us to do over and above what a clay pot can do. It is His strength that is made perfect in our weakness. It is His fullness that overcomes our emptiness. This does not mean that the pot will not be tested - but it will overcome. The pot does not need to be perfect - it just needs to be full of Grace.
Our survival in difficult times does not depend on our ability or talent or even our tenacity, although these things play a part. We come through our trials when we hold on to the One who fills us.
| For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. (2Corinthians4:6-9) |
