Treasures in Jars of Clay

In a basketball or netball game, attempts to throw the ball into the "basket" are not always successful. oftentimes, the one who attempts to score misses and he ball bounces off the rim. there is no time for the team to moan and wallow in regrets. in split seconds someone else on the team lunges towards the stray ball and makes another attempt. a successful second attempt brings applause but if this try fails too, there will be yet another effort made to score.

our lives are often like these ball games. we aim for success but are sometimes failed in our attempts to be good and righteous. we are sorely tempted to give up but Paul reminds us not to throw up our hands in despair in the face of opposition. believers can find themselves hard-pressed, perplexed, persecuted and struck down but these tests are opportunities to experience the strength of the Lord in their lives.

Paul likens us to clay jars-fragile in the face of the storms of life. but the resilience of believers lies in the power that in theirs because of the death of Jesus on the cross and in the treasure of His abiding presence in their lives. moments of greatest human weakness are also moments when God's power in most gloriously expressed.

hmm.... these article was one of my QT material few months back... i wanted to post it... but didnt have the chance until now:).

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"Dependence on God is not a sign of weakness but is only the way to see more achieved through us than we will ever hope to accomplish on our own"