A Lump of Clay

I want to talk about molding, shaping, and forming.  That is what happens to a lump of clay on the potter’s wheel. 

I tried my hand once at creating a vase on a potter’s wheel.  Needless to say it was not a pretty sight.  The craftsman made it look easy, and yet my efforts were spastic at best. 

Kind of like my life when I do too much of what I want and leave God out of my situations.  I believe God has plans and designs for my life and for yours. I think He has a good idea of how and where our lives should take us for best results.  I don’t know about you but I have overridden Him a time or two, or thirty. 

Consider this:

He has made everything beautiful in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

… And that means you and me. 

In another place in the Bible we are reminded of this:

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Psalm 39:13

He is the master craftsman.  He is the steady hand on the potter’s wheel.  Always, always in retrospect, I can look backwards and see how his hand guided me in a particular situation, and how I am now using, learning from, or growing in better ways all because I dared to let him be the Master Potter and I became a mold-able lump of clay.

I like being in the Potter’s hands. 

He reveals his plans to us through what we are naturally drawn to.

-Some can teach

-Others have administrative abilities.
-Master craftsmen and women abound
-Others love to serve and offer their hands in good and meaningful work

I love to write and encourage mankind.  I just learned a new phrase to describe what I do best:  “I give thirsty people a drink of water.”

I love that.

What are you inclinations?

What makes your heart beat faster?

What might the Potter be saying to you?

Now watch this ... Potter's Hand by Hillsong

May I pray for you?  

God in heaven:

I know you are the one who molds and forms and orders my life.  I want to trust you with more of my life and my destiny.   Will you  become the full-time Potter in my life, molding and shaping me for good things that you have in mind for me?

Thank you God.

Amen!

P Michael Biggs

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