pick of the week for February 22, 2008


What is Within Your Clay Pot?



In the ancient world, pots made of clay were used to store

treasures—from documents to precious jewels. But jars of clay

were also used for far less noble purposes. There was no difference

between a pot that was used to hold gold and a pot that was used

for human waste.


The pot itself has no intrinsic value. It’s just a cheap, breakable,

replaceable container. The only worth a clay pot has is the worth of

what is contained inside it. Just as the power is not in the container

but in what it contains, the power is not in who you are but in whose

you are. The power is not in what you can do, but in the One who can

do all things through you.




Written by
Michael Youssef, Ph.D.