Hi All
Paul recognises in this passage that we are have our weaknesses, that as we are earthen vessels, at times we can get a bit cracked, we can lose our way. But he also recognises that it is God in us is our power source with him all things are possible. We need to keep coming back to the source, we need to open ourselves before him and let him in
2 Corinthians 4 vs. 7-9 – We Have This Treasure in Earthen Vessels
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels
That the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us
At times we struggle with life, with its ups and downs we wrestle
We get wrapped up in the stress of every day life, over it we fuss
In the midst of this we need to turn to Jesus and in him nestle
It’s not for us to do things in our own strength, to God second guess
We need to allow God to shape us, to us be the mortar, him the pestle
Open so God may mold and shape us, our lives be in God and not of us
We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed, we are perplexed
But not in despair, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed
For in these things God can build our character, of this I am convinced
That as we open ourselves to him, his Spirit in our lives can be employed
Seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, of his love he will us remind
For he to us gives good gifts, and a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind.
Mark Maffey, August 2007 © (NKJV) http://maffster.blogtown.co.nz/