This past Sunday we talked a little bit in Sunday School about earthen vessels and it reminded me of how amazing it is that God chose to put the treasure of Jesus Christ in such frail vessels as human beings.
I was reminded that Jesus began His earthly ministry by transforming the contents of an earthen vessel at a wedding in Canaan. Water that no one wanted, was transformed into wine that satisfied the entire crowd.
It struck me that Christ’s first miracle was a foreshadowing picture of His continuing work in the world. Transforming the contents of earthen vessels is what Jesus does best.
I am such an earthen vessel. I am created by God, in the image of Christ, shaped to contain the very life of Christ. I have been transformed and filled with Jesus, who is Living Water.
God, the Potter, molds and shapes me into a vessel of His choosing.
I may be marred and chipped by sin and suffering, but a thirsty world doesn’t really care about the container. They only want the refreshing water inside, and through me flows a river of Living Water.
We have this treasure of Jesus in jars of clay, earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. When we allow Jesus, Who lives within us, to do His work through us, God will receive the glory.
As vessels, we may be hard pressed on every side, yet we will never be crushed. We may become perplexed in life, but there is no reason for us to despair. We may be persecuted, but we’ll never be forsaken. We may be struck down, but we’ll never be destroyed.
We, the chosen vessels of God, always carry in our bodies, the Lord Jesus Christ so that His life may be manifested in us, through us, around us for us, and as us.
How awesome is that?
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