Potter and the Clay
Ephesians 2:10, Jeremiah 18:4
This Chapter in the book was an encouragement to me that God does not act as a Mechanic in a Christians life, but a Potter! In a Christians life, God does not simply fix your life every time you break down, but everything that we go through is part of God molding and shaping us for His glory!
God keeps remaking us into the perfect image that He desires us to be! Moses is a great example of this. He made many mistakes in his life, however God kept molding him to fulfill the plan that God had for him. The reality is that God is a God of redemption throughout history and uses Christians to accomplish His work! This gives Christians confidence and courage that even when their service seems to be in vain, God is still working to accomplish His purpose.
God does not simply fix aspects of our lives when we break down, but it is a constant process throughout our lives where God remakes us into new vessels. 1 Chronicles 28 is amazing passage that tells king David about building God’s Temple! God told David that he was chosen to build a Temple for Him, and to just do it through God’s power! Verse 20 really illustrates that God will fulfill His promise of building in a Christians’s life! “Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord God, my God will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.” v.20
I believe that God always keeps His promises, and He is in the business of using Christians to accomplish what He has promised! The important part of this is to make sure that Christians are taking part in building the Temple that God wants to build! We can be working hard in ministry, but it is important that we are building the same Temple that God has promised to use us to build! So, back to the image of the Potter and the Clay. We are God’s piece of clay in His hands. He wants to keep molding us into who He wants. So, in order to be molded, a friend once told me that we need to add water to the clay, so that it is moldable! In order for us to know what God is doing, and to come alongside of Him, and be molded, we need to continue adding the water (Word of God) to our minds to change the way we think!
I know so many people who are waiting for God to “fix” them. I almost laugh because it is like waiting for a plant to break through the ground and sprout. Things take time. It should not be misunderstood though: The process of growing happens first where it is unable to be seen by the naked eye. It happens in the ground where changes occur in a rapid rate. God does that in us. It is a delicate process. That is how God molds us – we being the clay. It is a slow process and oftentimes is not seen until a period of time passess. God is truly amazing when the product is finished – it is beauiful. That will be us someday. I can’t wait! God bless man.
By: timiekley on February 3, 2008
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