… man is the most dichotomy being, existing on two extreme plane. Man is capable of mouth gasping sacrificial good, yet his potential for evil is boundless. Man is incredibly fragile and vulnerable that a tiny wrong move, mishandling and he ceases to existing, the same man has the spiritual potential to move mountains, the psychological, mental, intellectual ability to subdue nations, to explore other planets. He can be and yet just not be. He can be extraordinary and yet be inconsequential. Man has his breath in his nostrils and like the grass of the field he perishes, His maker can choose to take his breath any time and he ceases to exist yet man is a god!
When our eyes are opened to the frailties and fragility of man we shudder, we can not but wonder how we manage to exist for a single day, a day’s existence being a stretch of the fact, how did we manage to exist in the first place at all might be the real issue. Man is too fragile for existence! This awareness in and of itself is totally humbling. Arrogance, pride, self assurance, aloofness and all likes dissolves in the light of this understanding. Some might argue that better not to get this insight as that brings about a deep cry, ‘woe am I! I am nobody!!!’ The psalmist got a glimpse and he wrote “… who is man that thou art mindful of him and the son of man that thou visitest him …” in order words, ‘why bother with this one?’ Man is designed frail, very frail indeed, he is created to corruption and decay. Yet he is created strong! Strong how? You ask.
Man’s strength comes from his connection in the same way that an equipment connected to power supply can do wonder, my Bullet smoothie maker when connected will blend to pulp in a matter of seconds, otherwise it is as useless as it comes. The mower will mow the garden to astonishing beauty because it has power, the power drill will vibrate the whole building because it is connected to power. All of these tools and more are only as good as their power source. No power, no use. The same applies to man, no power no use, no connection no impact, no power, no nothing! Just no use.
The deeper, the stronger our connectivity, the stronger we are, the sharper we are, the higher we vibrate, the more exploits we do. ‘They that know their God shall be strong and do exploits’. In other words they that know, have located their power source and connect to it will be dynamic. It is impossible to be mediocre when fully connected and switched on. Some machinery do not need to be pushed, pulled, kicked or operated, all they ask, is to be connected and switched on, without any other intervention they start vibrating vigorously. Human beings are likewise. We vibrate to the level of the power that is at work within us.
At the end of the day, man is too frail to be of any use, we are but just clay vessel, mere earthen vessel, our excellence is in the power that works through us. The scripture tells us that we have this treasure in earthen vessel that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.
Our strength is dependent on our connection and ignition. After connectivity, are we switched on or not?
The million dollar question, is how do we get and stay connected? How do we turn on the ignition? Where is our power source? The maker must connect us and switch us on. In and of our selves we are limited. The best we can do is live with the awareness and understanding that we can do nothing of our selves. In ourselves we are too frail for existence. Our survival and ability to do exploit is dependent on the infusion of power from above. It is of His mercy that we are not consumed.
We live for Him and By Him.
Beautiful Ivory 