Manifesting the life of Jesus

2 Cor 4:11

For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Paul says that we are CONSTANTLY being deliver over to death for Jesus' sake.  This connotes a state of perpetual contact with death.  The context of this verse renders it a figurative death because one cannot constantly be given to die literally because death is a final and one time event.  What Paul was showing here is that we are constantly being subjected to circumstances that are fearful, full of trouble, debilitating, threatening and loss.

But why?

He goes on to tell us that this occurs 'so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh'. Therefore it is only in instances when we are 'delivered over to death' that we can manifest the life of Christ in our mortal bodies.  This happens when we respond to the death in the way prescribed by Jesus.  

Example

If we are presented with an instance where some one has stolen from us what should be our response? Do we demand what was stolen back? Do we submit the case to the police?  Do we seek redress with the courts.  The theft represents a type of death and you have been exposed to it and now you are required to manifest the life of Jesus in our situation. How should we respond?
...and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Luke 6:30
It is only in our compliance with the words of Jesus that we manifest the life of Jesus in our situations