2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
Iwatchedasthepottermanipulated the clay on his wheel. His skilled fingers drew the wet clay into a fine jar. However, on completion, when the potter stepped back to examine his work, he detected that the lip of the jar was not shaped according to his expectations. Dissatisfied, he crumpled the still wet clay and began carefully reshaping it again to match his standards. This was his workmanship, created for good use. What I noticed, as I watched, was that the potter did not discard the clay on his wheel and replace it with a fresh batch, he simply refashioned the same material to match his intended use.
God gave the prophet Jeremiah an instruction to go down to the potter’s house and watch him shape the clay. Referring to the nation of Israel, God said to the prophet, “Can I not do with you as this potter? Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.” The inference was, that God was like the potter and his people were like the clay. They had not turned out quite as he’d hoped they would. As a potter might refashion the clay to match his purposes, so God would refashion his people to match his perfect will.
Perhaps you find yourself on the Potter’s wheel today. Perhaps you have been shaped and formed for a purpose over the years but, somehow, you’re a little out of shape. We all suffer flaws in our development over the years but if we are willing to submit to the Master Potter, he will refashion us to match his expectations. As the potter did not discard the clay but reformed it for noble use, so the Master Potter has not discarded you. God will use you, not someone else, to fulfil his plan but be ready to be manipulated. You are clay in his hands. By his grace, you are his workmanship created for good works.
God-tracking is being shaped by the Master Potter.
— Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa Dudley Anderson began writing for radio in 1994. Dudley currently writes a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought called GodTracker and has complied 2 devotional books based on GodTracker. More information at surereaity.net