But this beautiful treasure is contained in us—cracked pots made of earth and clay—so that the transcendent character of this power will be clearly seen as coming from God and not from us.
We are cracked and chipped from our afflictions on all sides, but we are not crushed by them. We are bewildered at times, but we do not give in to despair.
We are persecuted, but we have not been abandoned. We have been knocked down, but we are not destroyed.
It can sometimes feel like LIFE is beating you up. I bet you've felt like this at least once lately. It has nothing to do with age, gender, marital status, position or even attitude. We are earthen vessels and sometimes the choices we make in life or the directions we take can leave something damaged. We can become broken by life, cracked by circumstances. But in the hands of a master gardener a cracked pot can spring forth in beauty.
Consider a tulip bulb? It is nothing when it's planted, ugly, plain and seemingly dead when th gardener puts if into an earthen vessel. Many months of cold lifelessness and it shows no signs of the beauty within. The vessel its in can be chipped and cracked by the weathering of time, of life. Yet at just the right moment, after just the correct amount of time the bulb sprouts with new life and the true beauty within becomes evident to all who see it!
In the hands of our God the Master gardener, we contain a beautiful treasure waiting to spring up out of cracked earthen vessels to reveal the treasure God has planted inside each of us.
Maybe it's time for you to seek out the Master, ask him to stir up the treasure inside your earthen vessel. Don't be ashamed of how much damage you see, don't let the shame of how badly you think things appear to others keep you from finding out what your treasure is. Just seek God. Just give the Gardener what you have. Just trust Him to bring out the beautiful treasure and reveal His glory in your life.
If you don't know him it's as easy as ABC.
Admit ....... That you've sinned and need forgiveness
Believe ..... That Jesus died on the cross and rose again for your sins to be forgiven.
Confess ... Tell someone that you've asked Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour
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