Pressed To Overflowing

2 Cor 4:7

7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
NKJV

2 Cor 4:8-11

8 We are hedged in (pressed) on every side [troubled and oppressed in every way], but not cramped or crushed; we suffer embarrassments and are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to despair;
9 We are pursued (persecuted and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed;
10 Always carrying about in the body the liability and exposure to the same putting to death that the Lord Jesus suffered, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown forth by and in our bodies.
11 For we who live are constantly [experiencing] being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be evidenced through our flesh which is liable to death.
AMP

My Comments:

It's through the storms of life that we find out just how full of God we are. Persecution can and will come from every possible avenue, including the ones closest to us. But thank God we have v7 "We have this treasure in earthen vessels"! Let the Life and Nature of God flow out of us! As we are pressed from outside, God is more than able to cause us to overflow!