{"id":552,"date":"2016-09-26T06:24:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T10:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/?p=552"},"modified":"2016-09-25T22:21:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T02:21:50","slug":"fragile-jars-of-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/fragile-jars-of-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"Fragile Jars of Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Treasure<\/a><\/p>\n

This past week I enjoyed attending and leading the music at the Southern Baptist Founders Conference Southwest at Heritage Baptist Church in Mansfield, Texas. While at the conference I had the opportunity to finish writing a hymn. The idea for the hymn came earlier this year in a sermon series through the book of 2 Corinthians entitled \u201cGospel Power in Human Weakness\u201d preached by Dr. Tom Ascol at Grace Baptist Church, Cape Coral, Florida.<\/p>\n

As the church we are called to go and proclaim to the world the hope we have in Jesus. But we live in a world of darkness, blind and in bondage to sin. We face powerful foes and seemingly overwhelming odds against us. How can we press on in ministry and mission?<\/p>\n

Paul offers encouragement and an answer to that question:<\/p>\n

For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus ‘sake. For God, who said, \u201cLet light shine out of darkness,\u201d has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us (2 Corinthians 4:5-7).<\/p>\n

Though we are weak and frail\u2014fragile jars of clay, God has placed in us the treasure of the gospel that He might display His sovereign, \u201csurpassing power\u201d to save.<\/p>\n

Fragile Jars of Clay<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

1. A mission lies before us
\nTo go and to proclaim
\nThe hope we have in Jesus,
\nThe glory of His name
\nThe faint and weak He\u2019s chosen
\nHis power to display
\nBy placing gospel treasure
\nIn fragile jars of clay.<\/p>\n

2. With such a task before us,
\nHow can we stand and fight
\nAgainst the powers of evil
\nThat rage at all that\u2019s right?
\nGod strengthens us with armor;
\nCalls us to wield His Word.
\nWe boldly preach His gospel;
\nThe outcome is assured.<\/p>\n

3. So great the work before us
\nTo shine the gospel light
\nInto a world in darkness,
\nUnto the dead of night.
\nBut God has saving power
\nTo give the blind their sight,
\nFor He dispels the darkness
\nAnd says, \u201cLet there be light!\u201d<\/p>\n

4. The labor hard before us,
\nThe battle rages long.
\nAlone we cannot bear it;
\nOur foes are much too strong.
\nBut God has chosen weakness,
\nThe feeble and the frail.
\nHe lifts us up in power
\nTo conquer and prevail.<\/p>\n

5. This mission now before us,
\nWe gladly will obey,
\nThough we be unassuming,
\nFrail, fragile jars of clay.
\nFor great the precious treasure
\nOur God has placed within,
\nHis pow\u2019r alone can save us,
\nThe battle He must win.<\/p>\n

Words \u00a92016 Ken Puls
\nDownload a lyric sheet and free sheet music<\/a> for this hymn, including an arrangement of the tune LLANGLOFFAN for classical guitar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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