BE. THE. CLAY

I am intimidated by a blessing I am in the very midst of, but I'm not even supposed to be here so I am already ahead. still...

God will often want more of us than we think we can do or be. Be afraid but don't back down- being brave is something you can't claim unless you are acting within the thing that you need to be brave for.

The biblical account says nothing about Samson's physical appearance, except for his long hair- historical and modern art and our own minds may 'picture' him as this big hulking man; capable of the fantastic awesome feats of strength he carried out. I tend to think he was small, or thin, or just average because it was not the might of Samson... it was the might of God in Samson. ("...the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon Samson...")

What would appear to more an act of God... a giant brute of a man tearing down gated walls, killing 1000 men with the jaw of a donkey, pushing down pillars of a building.... or someone average or mid doing these same things?

We don't have to wait to be brave, or strong, or bold for God until we are some grand example of what we (or what we think others) 'picture' define as brave, strong or bold. It's no longer WE who live, but CHRIST who lives in us... BE. THE. CLAY. God uses OUR weakness to show HIS power and HIS strength. Be brave with me this week.

BE. THE. CLAY.

Pray for me, I am praying for you.

Galatians 2:20 King James Version (KJV)

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.