TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS
2 Cor. 4:7. "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us."
In the mid-20th century, the Government of Thailand in Bangkok wanted to build a highway through a village. This highway would pass through a Buddhist monastery with a little chapel housing the heavy 11-foot tall clay statue of Buddha. They decided to relocate the chapel and its statue. They moved all of these one after the other with a crane. At the turn of the heavy clay statue, the clay began to break apart and crumble as they lowered it into its new location. Despite their careful handling, the clay fell off completely. The workers were amazed at what was revealed: the statue was pure gold underneath the clay.
Before this revelation, the people estimated the worth of the statue at about fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Today, as a result of this revelation, it is worth millions of dollars and has since become a major world tourist attraction.
2 Cor. 4:16-18. "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." Like the Buddha statue went through some rough handling, which brought about the revelation of the glory of its underlying content, God is working out something to bring about the revelation of the non-perishable treasures in us. Whatever we go through that seems to be tearing us apart is not without the knowledge of God. He is using whatever we go through to prepare us for the revelation of HIS TREASURES IN US.
Everyone who is looking at the clay that houses us will not place much value on us until the revelation of the unseen, eternal weighty treasure in us. When we go through fire that is not meant to consume us, but will only refine us, we come forth as gold. Then, we become the rare commodity that the world is yearning for and can pay any price to enjoy what is revealed in us. In Job 23:10, Job in his trial declared: "when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." We must be willing for God to conclude us through the best means He chooses for the revelation of the excellency of the glory of His treasures buried in us.
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2 Cor. 4:7. "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us."
In the mid-20th century, the Government of Thailand in Bangkok wanted to build a highway through a village. This highway would pass through a Buddhist monastery with a little chapel housing the heavy 11-foot tall clay statue of Buddha. They decided to relocate the chapel and its statue. They moved all of these one after the other with a crane. At the turn of the heavy clay statue, the clay began to break apart and crumble as they lowered it into its new location. Despite their careful handling, the clay fell off completely. The workers were amazed at what was revealed: the statue was pure gold underneath the clay.
Before this revelation, the people estimated the worth of the statue at about fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Today, as a result of this revelation, it is worth millions of dollars and has since become a major world tourist attraction.
2 Cor. 4:16-18. "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." Like the Buddha statue went through some rough handling, which brought about the revelation of the glory of its underlying content, God is working out something to bring about the revelation of the non-perishable treasures in us. Whatever we go through that seems to be tearing us apart is not without the knowledge of God. He is using whatever we go through to prepare us for the revelation of HIS TREASURES IN US.
Everyone who is looking at the clay that houses us will not place much value on us until the revelation of the unseen, eternal weighty treasure in us. When we go through fire that is not meant to consume us, but will only refine us, we come forth as gold. Then, we become the rare commodity that the world is yearning for and can pay any price to enjoy what is revealed in us. In Job 23:10, Job in his trial declared: "when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." We must be willing for God to conclude us through the best means He chooses for the revelation of the excellency of the glory of His treasures buried in us.
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TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS
2 Cor. 4:7. "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us."
In the mid-20th century, the Government of Thailand in Bangkok wanted to build a highway through a village. This highway would pass through a Buddhist monastery with a little chapel housing the heavy 11-foot tall clay statue of Buddha. They decided to relocate the chapel and its statue. They moved all of these one after the other with a crane. At the turn of the heavy clay statue, the clay began to break apart and crumble as they lowered it into its new location. Despite their careful handling, the clay fell off completely. The workers were amazed at what was revealed: the statue was pure gold underneath the clay.
Before this revelation, the people estimated the worth of the statue at about fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Today, as a result of this revelation, it is worth millions of dollars and has since become a major world tourist attraction.
2 Cor. 4:16-18. "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." Like the Buddha statue went through some rough handling, which brought about the revelation of the glory of its underlying content, God is working out something to bring about the revelation of the non-perishable treasures in us. Whatever we go through that seems to be tearing us apart is not without the knowledge of God. He is using whatever we go through to prepare us for the revelation of HIS TREASURES IN US.
Everyone who is looking at the clay that houses us will not place much value on us until the revelation of the unseen, eternal weighty treasure in us. When we go through fire that is not meant to consume us, but will only refine us, we come forth as gold. Then, we become the rare commodity that the world is yearning for and can pay any price to enjoy what is revealed in us. In Job 23:10, Job in his trial declared: "when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." We must be willing for God to conclude us through the best means He chooses for the revelation of the excellency of the glory of His treasures buried in us.
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