Pottery or Jars of Clay?

I love pottery!
To me, pottery is art.
and is usually created with a purpose in mind.

I had often read this verse from 2 Corinthians 4:7,

"But we have this treasure in JARS OF CLAY

to show that this all-surpassing power

is from God and not from us."

This past week I was pondering the thought about being a

"JAR OF CLAY".

I read the passages both before and after its mention

by the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians.

Paul talked about how Moses had to cover his face with a veil

after he had spent time with the LORD,

been in His presence, and seen His Glory.

Exodus 33:12-23

Moses wore the veil because his face shone so brightly

with the LORD's glory

 that the people couldn't stand to look at him!

(Exodus 34:29-35)

Paul says that when we spend time with the LORD,

His glory shines out of us,

and God doesn't want us to hide it.

This was not a new subject to me,

but then God opened my eyes to see an answer to something 

that I had been struggling with.

It had to do with a seeming unanswered prayer.

Awhile back I had believed that God had given me faith

 to believe a certain person would be healed,

but he wasn't...

I've struggled with this and asked God for answers.

God showed me that sometimes He gets more glory

 from letting us go THROUGH something,

then He does from delivering us FROM something.

This is how Paul said it:

 "Everyone can see that the glorious power 

within must be from God and is not our own...  

We are perplexed because we don’t know 

why things happen as they do,

 but we don’t give up and quit... 

 God never abandons us. 

We get knocked down, 

but we get up again and keep going... 

We never give up." 

Sometimes our "Jars of Clay" are sick,

chipped, cracked or broken... 

Romans 14:7-8 TLB

" We are not our own bosses to live or die 

as we ourselves might choose.

 Living or dying we follow the Lord. 

Either way we are his."

It's all about God's glory!

Isaiah 40:5

"And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

I don't know about you,

but I don't want to be just an empty piece of pottery,

but a JAR OF CLAY through which God shines!

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