A Precious Treasure
All these (gifts, achievemets, abilities) are inspired and brought to pass by one and the same (Holy) Spirit, Who apportionsto each person individually (exactly) as He chooses. 1 Corinthians 12:11
In 2 Corinthians 47, Paul says, "We posess this precious tresure (the divine Light of the Gospel) in (frail, human) vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves." God uses frail people (cracked pots!) to proclaim the power of His gospel.
He could send angels to preach the gospel, but He uses plain, ordinary, everyday people to demonstrate His power. He fills us with divine gifts, inspired and brought to pass by the Holy Spirit, and distributes them throughout His body of believers. Let us network with God's people today for the greater good, as we work together to accomplish His purpose.
It Must Be Good
For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness. Psalm 18:28
The Bible says that God works through our weakness so that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power in our lives may be shown to be from Him and not from ourselves
2 Corinthians 4:7 Yet we who have this spiritual treasure ae like common clay pots, in order to show that the supreme power belongs to God, not to us.
God uses ordinary people like us with flaws and cracks in our pots (our earthen vessels), so that people will know that it has to be God working in us if we are doing good works.
If people knew us before we trusted in Jesus, they especially notice the difference that a few years of walking with the Lord has made in our lives. We become totally different creatures when we allow His love to shine through our weaknessess. We may look the same, but we don't act the same. We just ooze with love when we are filled with God's exceeding greatness. Let His glorious light shine through you all day.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
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