Seeing Grace through Earthen Vessels

Posted by Pastor Pat on December 10, 2008

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves.”  2 Cor. 4:7

In today’s culture of glitz, glamour, and glory it is easy to forget that we are but “jars of clay” (NIV).  We are clumps of clay waiting to be shaped under the Master’s touch.  It is only as He moves in us and through us to those around us that we echo His voice to others.  As I consider the infinity of God I am often staggered by our “puny” attempts to contain Him through our “monitoring” of other people’s spirituality.  Spiritual fruit is as diversified as the Holy Spirit is immeasurable.  Yet as I consider grace and its embodiment in “fleshly pots” I believe the following seven statements are the kinds of reflections we will see in us and through us by those around us.

1. We must never consider ourselves to be better than anyone else regardless as to where they were born, to whom they were born and to what they were born. In Christ’s Church, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28).

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