“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves” (2 Corinthians 4:7). Do you know what an earthen vessel is? It’s nothing more than a clay pot. A “common, earthenware jar,” as J. B. Phillips renders it. That’s a reference to our bodies and our abilities in the strength of our flesh. That is all you and I have to offer God . . . a pot. A perishable container.
