In The Potter's Hands

TEXT: JEREMIAH 18:1-17

KEY VERSE: “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this porter? saith the LORD. Behold as the clay is in the porter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel“ (Jeremiah 18:6).

After Apostle Paul renounced his elite status as a Pharisee and erudite lawyer from the prestigious school of Gamaliel following his conversion, he remarked to the Corinthian Christians that: “For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the word to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty” (1 Corinthians 1:26,27). Thus, God uses what is despised to teach or guide us.

In today’s text, God showed to Israel how easy it is for Him to bring their nation to ruin if they refused to repent of their sins and show them mercy if they repent of their evil ways. He illustrated this in the ordinary process of making useful vessels out of the raw clay and the crushing of such vessels which got marred along the way because of impurities.

We are often impatient with God in not waiting to have Him fashion us out into the divine instrument He desires. We often wished we were someone else doing some other things. Our usefulness for divine purpose is totally dependent upon God, personal training and preparations notwithstanding.

We are in His hands as clay is in the hands of a potter. He can shapen our destinies the way it pleases Him. He can make you a great vessel as easily as the potter can do with the clay. Yield yourself unto God in righteousness and resist not His plan for your life. Ask Him today to give you a humble spirit so you will be able to walk with Him always.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Only sin can stop God’s readiness to bless.