"Mold Me Lord"

Jeremiah 18:3-6
“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: ‘Can I not do with you as this potter does?’ declares the Lord. ‘Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand.’”

How willing are you to allow God to make you into His perfect design?

I have always loved this passage of scripture. Especially the part about the pot he was shaping was “marred” in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot. In other words, He didn’t just throw that pot or that lump (you or I) away because of all our imperfections. He simply remolded, reshapes, the same lump into a better vessel!!

Once the pot has been formed to the potter’s satisfaction it can be taken off the wheel and left to dry, before it goes into the kiln for the first firing. Then comes the exciting part; decorating the pot with your chosen design, and at last, the final glaze before it goes into the kiln for a second time before becoming a finished pot.

Discipling can be a little like this process, as Jeremiah noted. As clay in the Master Potter’s hands we need to be refined and have all the impurities removed, which can be a painful process. Then we need to be firmly centered in the Word of God so that we won’t be knocked off balance when the times of trial and difficulties come. It only needs the pot to be a little off-centre when the wheel is turning for there to be a disaster. How many of us get knocked off-centre when troubles come because we are not firmly trusting in God’s eternal word? If we haven’t allowed Him to deal with the impurities, we may not survive the firing process. Sometimes people who come for ministry allow God to go just so far, but are not prepared to trust Him to deal with the really deep issues, believing that they can manage them themselves.

Our Master Potter knows what He is doing when He forms and shapes us. He knows exactly how to deal with the painful issues in our lives if we will trust Him, and He will refine us and turn us into the “pot” He had in His mind when you and I were on His wheel.

Be blessed vessels! 

~Sister C