Friday, September 17, 2010

In the Hands of the Potter

13 September 2010

Jeremiah 18:6 "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? says the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Have you ever thought of yourself as a piece of clay? If you were a lump of clay and with God being the Potter, how would you be formed and for what purpose? This is a very interesting concept and one with which a person would be wise to dwell with in their mind. Could you imagine laying in the palm of the Hand of Jesus, as He moulds you and shapes you, takes away unnecessary bits and adds other pieces to you? The clay is just clay and has no concept of its potential neither its purpose, it remains clay until it is worked and shaped by the Potter.

So often we want to be one thing, but we are actually shaped and moulded to be another. We then get upset because we do not become what we want to be, or that we do not get our way. At the end we become that which we were designed to be, and we need to have this peace that as we lay in the Palm of His Hand, we rest and trust that all that happens to us is to bring glory to our Father. Now if you had to have a choice of what you would be, what would you choose, to be cup from whom others may drink, a lamp that others may see, an ornament that may bring others pleasure? In that choice how close are you to what Jesus is designing you to be.

Be encouraged today to rest in the hand of Jesus.

David

Point to ponder: We are but clay in the Potters Hand.

Question to consider: How workable are you, to become what God wants you to be?

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