Christ Living in Breakable Vessels

For He Himself knows our frame;
         He is mindful that we are but dust.  Psalm 103:14

We are renting a “casa” (little house) right now in Cuenca.  The “cocina” kitchen is ceramic tile, on the floor and counter tops, making the surface a hard texture.  Therefore, if you drop something breakable, it’s very “unforgiving,” and the item will go into many pieces – “shattered.”

I believe we all are fragile containers – breakable.  Paul became a fragile vessel when he wrote:  “in my weakness, His power is made strong….therefore, I will boast in my weaknesses and infirmities….”

Paul spent his whole life, until he met Christ, becoming humanly strong (Phil. 3); then, spent many days becoming weak so that he could become strong, but only in Christ.  Interesting statement, huh?

That does not make sense to the human mind – really!  I don’t think any of us like to “feel” weakness or our infirmities of any kind.  We may be prone to different things in our emotions OR prone to operating from human strength and “feel” very confident about it.  Paul was confident in that way.

To learn Christ is really a process of HOW He lives His life in us and through us.  And sometimes I think He uses our “feelings of infirmities and weaknesses” as a good thing, to simply look to Him for His strength alone and His life alone, to flow- to be poured out through these breakable vessels.

I personally need Jesus Christ’s power, life, wisdom, and encouragement on a daily basis.  I know that I am fragile in my vessel.  I am breakable!

It is also written:  “we have this treasure in earthen vessels!”  So we are all breakable – huh?  Our hope now and always is the contents! 

The contents:  Jesus Christ, the living Savior in our hearts, dwelling there by faith, through His Holy Spirit.  And I live by faith and trust in Him daily, and forevermore.

Again, this does give us hope, but also on a daily basis – that I don’t have to be dependent on me, the container, but on Christ, the contents.

Thank you, Lord for dwelling in us,

Sue Gaither