2 Corinthians 4:7-12

2 Corinthians 4:7-12

New International Version (NIV)

⁷ But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. ⁸ We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹ persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

When I'm healthy and things are going well, I admit to self reliance.  I ignore God until I need Him.  Yet when I look back at the last two years I had many days, weeks and even months that the only reason I got through was God.  I irony of that statement is that every day I open my eyes, it is only because God's power has allowed it to happen.

¹⁰ We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ¹¹ For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. ¹² So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

I must give up my life for Jesus' sake.  I'm reminded of 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 in that I am not my own.  I've been bought with the blood of Jesus Christ.   There are days though that I don't live like it.

God I want you life to live through mine.

God Bless