This treasure.

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us" (2 Corinthians 4:7 KJV). We are all treasures, with the light of the Gospel inside earthen vessels. The apostle Paul shares with us that we, who were once lost and walking in darkness, have been given the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus. The Lord made a way for Paul through His Word and into the glorious light of Christ Jesus. The apostle knew the ministry the Lord had given to him, and it was a ministry filled with God's glorious power, which is the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. God the Father gave Paul power and might over the things of this world, just as He gives every believer. This gave us the reassurance that we are born again children of God, not of the flesh but of the Spirit. Jesus Christ brought forth the new covenant, and He is the new covenant. Through the cross, this excellency of power that comes by God was manifested. The apostle Paul preached Jesus Christ and nothing other. He became a servant for the Lord and renounced the hidden things of the past, those things that keep a man or a woman living in dishonesty, not telling the truth or holding to it. The apostle knew without a doubt that the Lord our God had empowered him beyond man's power. When troubles, persecutions and sufferings come, he continue to move towards the goal to finish the race in the name of Jesus Christ. "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed" (vs. 8-9). God bless you. Amen