When we yield ourselves to being placed on the center of the wheel – God's will, He is able to pull and stretch us, mold and form us, protect and purge us of anything that shouldn't be there. Even the clay of the earth teaches that the closer we remain to God, our source, the less impurities or sin will be retained in our everyday life giving us strength to endure the hotter trials this world may bring. One of the great metaphors used throughout Scripture is that of the potter and the clay. The two of the most common clays are earthenware and kaolin or china clay. Yes, it's soft and smooth and squishy. This is where the forming of the clay takes place. At this point the potter had a major decision to make. And what if this preacher even advocated that Christians renounce their loyalty to their country and join the other side? There was a wooden framework, in the middle of which was a vertical axel. They had to endure the heat of that furnace, but they came out of it without even the smell of the fire upon them. I love that story, because it reminds us that when we go in the wrong direction in the game of life, the great Coach of the universe doesn't throw us out of the game, and our future can still be bright. On the summit of Mount Hobart in Tasmania he talked to a small spring bubbling out of the ground. The Condition of the Clay. Help us to be the kind of clay that your Hands can work on so that we can be more like Jesus, in whose name we pray.
What a disappointing piece of clay Peter was, but he was still in the hand of the Potter, and on the day of Pentecost the Holy Ghost came down upon Peter and what a remarkable change there was. You can change the shape of it easily. He was sent there by God to learn God's mind and will concerning the nation, and as he looks at the potter he notices how with those clever fingers of his he is able to create a beautiful vessel out of a piece of ugly, shapeless clay.
He does not delight in the destruction of the wicked. The first line of this hymn says, "Have Thine own way, Lord!... Psalm 78:40-41: "How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! They needed forgiveness and cleansing. And I bless the day, He didn't throw the clay away. Of course, that would be a common material to the people in Bible times because they used clay to make lots of useful items like jugs and pots and dishes. It is only in this truth that we can understand who we are and the purpose of our lives. Perhaps it is in those moments of brokenness that the Potter is able to gently fashion the vessel into something beautiful for His glory. Israel should have known why they were on the wheel. Of course, clay comes from the ground and so did man in the physical sense according to Genesis 2:7 – "Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Furthermore, he went on to be team captain his senior year, helping lead his team to an outstanding season and earning All-American honors. One reason why we are not taking on the divine image is because we are too hard for God to use; we are not soft enough. Life can feel like a lump of clay.
"Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! We don't know what the problem was; we only know that there was something wrong with the clay that would cause the finished product to be less than the potter had planned. If you're like me, my Bible devotion time is limited by the busyness of the day. God doesn't play cat-and-mouse.
He is still at work in and around us through His Holy Spirit! God would demolish them, not to throw them on the rubbish heap but to start once more from the beginning. On the Potter's Wheel and We Know Why. 12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. The potter's field was the field or yard outside the potter's house where the caly was gathered and the wreckage was cast.
As far as we can tell, we're doing everything we can to serve God and to do His will. Are you happy in the consciousness that you are fulfilling the will of God concerning your personal life? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? He worked according to a plan. Sometimes things go wrong. God is the author of beauty and of order, and yet at times we meet those who blame God for this thing and the other. The story is not in the clay itself, but in what the Potter creates it to be. Jesus promises, in John 6:37, ".. that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
So often we hear young people speaking in this way, "Oh, I wish I could preach like so and so, " or, "If I only had the ability to teach the Word or to sing and to engage in service like friends I know, then I would feel that I would be doing something for God. " Paul declared that God is "able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us" (Eph. We're going to be wiped off the face of the earth. " Take me, mold me, use me, fill me. The Potter 'Remaking' a Vessel. Some hard substance had found its way into the clay, remained there undetected, and at the crucial moment frustrated the plan of the potter. Your health is broken.
That's the one, and only, path to life's highest and best. Let us help you keep up with what's new at Creative Bible Study with free Bible study lessons and ideas straight to your email! The death of Jesus bought a field full of mistakes in order to remake each and every piece. We are guilty of pride and self-will and rebellion. We can choose to trust and obey him, to his glory and our good, or we can choose to rebel against him, to his sorrow and our detriment. There went up a roar from the crowd, but he thought they were cheering him on, so he ran all the harder. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above; Here's the mount, I'm fixed upon it, Mount of thy redeeming love.
But as the pot takes shape something goes wrong. There is a term used in the Bible to help describe a part of God's nature and character. They do have a future, and I have a plan for that future. 5: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. He Could Throw the Clay Away and Start With a Brand New Piece. I know a good many people who spend much time upon decorating a piece of clay; they are very much concerned about the artificial beauty of this piece of clay. It may be very humiliating to remember that the body is simply a lump of clay, but the Word of God declares that it is made of dust. They were in this one shop when they saw a beautiful teacup. Our spiritual life begins with the Living Water, Christ, coming into our lives; then a spiritual wedging begins filling the empty places in our life while causing us to no longer stick or cling to the world as before. I think it's because God is always molding us and changing us. 1:11-12 – 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. I don't have... by David Davis.
But this potter didn't discard the clay.
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