I am rather fond of these words. This song is one of my best efforts at summarising the gospel message, I think, and I don't think highly of myself for it - the song was a gift, really. The treasure, of course, is Jesus, Jesus' love, and we are the jars of clay.
Hidden Treasure in Jars of Clay
Gracious Father shows his favour
In the free gift of His Son
Jesus Who shrank not from dying;
Gave His life for everyone.
Costly pearl, yet given freely,
No sinful man can pay enough
to earn this treasure, worth more than diamonds,
Freely given from above.
Heaven's gates are now thrown open
Come to Him all you who thirst;
He'll never cast out a sinner,
not even the very worst.
Those who strive and strain to please God
never can be good enough.
But those who trust and follow Jesus
Do his deeds with hearts of love.
In the gloom of this dark valley
How we’ve wept, the tears we’ve shed!
Yet we do not fall, despairing,
Jesus comforts us instead.
With the dark clouds the thunder beckons
Elijah’s heart might quail with fear,
But the One who made the thunder
Is the still quiet voice we hear.
Sins forgiven
God’s redemption
Fullness of God, Jesus' love,
Poured into these cracked containers,
Treasure inside jars of clay.
When the groaning, stretched creation
Wakes rejoicing at the day,
All will sing to see the glory
That was hid in jars of clay.
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