God wants Spirit-filled Christians to have an impact on the world around us and He has equipped us with everything we need – that is the power of the Holy Spirit. We must recognise that before God can use us in the way that He plans, there must be a breaking of the outward man so that the inward man can come forth. Our ineffectiveness as Spirit-fill Christians is not the fault of someone else, but it is our fault. Our Spirit seems to he wrapped in a covering so that it cannot easily break forth.
Nature has its way of breaking. Jesus said "Except the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, it abides alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit" (John 12). I remember watching seeds grow when I was at school. The outer shell of the seed had to be broken before the life could come forth. In John 12, Jesus is clearly saying that unless we are broken we are of no use.
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us” (2 Corinthians 4:7). So the treasure is in the earthen vessel, but if the earthen vessel is not broken, who can see the treasure within?
What is the final objective of the Lord's working in our lives? It is to break this earthen vessel, to break our alabaster box, to crack open our shell so that the Power can break forth. It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing (John 6:63).
That’s my five minutes!
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