As important as it is to make things look good on the outside, that certainly isn’t the heart of the issue. The heart is the most important issue. Inside change is the most lasting kind. We all know that just changing outward circumstances doesn’t make a change on the inside. Real, lasting, effective change happens from the inside out. That usually means making some adjustments, changing our thinking, staying in control of our thought life, and making the decision to live and serve others with excellence. What happens on the inside, will dramatically change what people see on the outside.
If we want quality on the highest level – the treasure on the inside of us needs to be expressed. We do hold a treasure in an earthen vessel. That’s the Bible way for saying that Christ lives in people, who are simply cracked pots! It doesn’t sound very flattering, but when you think that a King would want to take up residency in you, it makes you feel like royalty. It makes me want to clean up the earthen vessel, make it as beautiful for the King as possible. It also makes want me want to use the gifts and talents He gave specifically to me to the best of my ability and more, because they are the stamp of God in my life.
Are you willing to step up a notch? Are you ready to get bigger and expand on the inside so God’s glory can show up on the outside. I hope you are ready, because we’re moving on up! Let’s be our best for the King of Majesty.
6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.