“And, apart from other things,
there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for
all the churches.
Who is weak, and
I am not weak?
Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?”
Thursday, October 18, 2012
SPIRITUAL MUSCLE CRAMPS
Awake in the night with burning stomach
and muscle cramps; I know this to be typical if only occasional effect of my
cancer treatments. I am also having spiritual cramps. I am able to pray while I
am up in the night. But my mind will not move on from people I have prayed for
whose lives are crashing in sin or its consequences. Some of them were people for
whom I had seen great answers to prayer. I understand Paul’s lamentation in 2
Corinthians chapter 11.
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Love the application in 2Cor 4:7, "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." (NIV)
ReplyDeleteThere was little value in the clay jar itself but in what the jar held. To release the valuable contents the jar was simply broken to release the fragrant ointment.
Through our being broken, the clay jar, the treasure of the Spirit is released.
Glory!
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