Whether for correction,
or for His land,
or for love,
       He causes it to happen.

                           Job 37.13

(there is always purpose in all He does)

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

to show that the transcendent power

belongs to God

and not to us.

2 Corinthians 4.7

(His Presence changes us)

Not that we are competent of ourselves
to claim anything as coming from us;
our competence is from God.

                       2 Corinthians 3.5

(God makes the strategic difference,
providing a strength that is not your own)

For we are not, like so many,

peddlers of God's Word,

but as men of sincerity,

       as commissioned by God...

                           2 Corinthians 2.17

(not selling anything,

just living transformed lives)

For He will complete what He appoints for me,

and many such things are in His mind.

                                 Job 23.14

(His goodness is coming to completion.

"I am in this."

Even that what we cannot yet see,

we can trust Him.")

...to make us rely not on ourselves
          but on God...

                     2 Corinthians 1.9
(learning that my strength
     is in Him alone)

For I know that my Redeemer lives...

                       Job 19.25

(the truth on which I stake my life.
No matter what happens, He is there)