Although we are not comfortable with our human fragility, God's Glory often radiates the brightest against the very backdrop of our vulnerabilities. In January 2017 God's Majestic Splendor shown brightly through some very perplexing and painful situations.
Two of our colleagues died. Three more experienced critical hospitalizations. Through it all God radiated His sustaining Peace and Glory. Our hearts were moved as our colleagues fixed their eyes on Jesus in their own pain and declared, "Our God is Good!" As the scripture says:
2 Corinthians 4:7, 16-18 NIV (portions): "....we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us...though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
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| Floyd Woodworth Missionary Educator |
Missionary Floyd Woodworth is a living example of this counter-play between the transitory and the eternal. He is a personal hero of mine. His daughter Sandy Kazim posted this on Facebook:
- He was imprisoned in Cuba as a young man.
- His mind is now imprisoned as an old man.
- He does not know who we are or our names.
Floyd built his life on the Word of God. The ravishes of time threaten the very memories of the ones he loves and his own identity. His jar of clay is showing its vulnerability but the eternal Word of God lives on forever in and through Floyd.
In our vulnerabilities, let's let God's Glory shine through our earthen vessels, our jars of clay! His Kingdom is forever and nothing can shake that Kingdom.
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