Read today’s texts first: Jeremiah 18-20; Psalms 93; John 17
The Master Potter can even remold
a crackpot like me!
a crackpot like me!
I love the song Potter’s Hand by Hillsong, partly because it was one of the first duets I heard my daughter sing with her new husband, Matt, but also because of the message:
I’m captured by your holy calling
Set me apart. I know you’re drawing me to yourself
Lead me, Lord, I pray
Oh take me, mold me, use me, fill me
I give my life to the potter’s hand
Oh call me, guide me, lead me, walk beside me
I give my life to the potter’s hand
Jeremiah’s visit to the potter’s house gave him some insight into our Potter and His compassion. Some think our choices and final destination are predetermined (misinterpretation of Rom. 9:21), but this particular potter/clay analogy proves differently. So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. Then the word of the Lord came to me: “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel” (18:3-6).
God then tells Jeremiah the meaning behind the analogy. If the potter’s clay is marred by imperfections the potter has an option: throw away the clay and start again or reform the clay into a new creation. His decision to redeem and reform the clay is based on the clay’s compliance to the potter (18:7-10). Repentance and obedience makes the clay soft and malleable.
“Lord, we were originally created from the dust so I’m okay being called clay in Your hands. I commit to keeping my life soft and mouldable in Your capable hands, and trusting You for what I will become.”
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