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. He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel Israel
As a potter forms a pot he sits at a wheel and turns the wheel so that the pot can more easily be shaped by his hands. In the beginning the clay is just an unformed lump in the center of the wheel. Nothing happens to it until the potter places his hands on it and begins to form it. Almost magically the lump of clay begins to take shape and is molded into a beautiful pot.
The world is like a pottery wheel and we are like the lumps of clay on the wheel. As the world turns we are shaped and formed from lumps of clay into something beautiful. Sometimes we become marred and blemished and so we are given a second chance to be reshaped into something new. But this story is not about the wheel and it is not about the clay. This story is all about the potter who patiently keeps the wheel turning while continually shaping his creation as seems best to him. Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in the hands of God.
Prayer: Thank you Lord that you continually mold me and shape me into something beautiful. Help me to be pliable and flexible in your hands so that I can become the creation that you would like me to be. Amen.
Faith Tip: You are a work in progress. God is not finished molding you until he removes you from the pottery wheel. What is it that God is shaping in you today? Be aware of how God is molding and shaping you in this day.
Written by Pastor Aaron Anderson
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