The Potter's Hand

Based on Jeremiah 18-20

"4: And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5: Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
6: O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel." Jeremiah 18:4-6.

God is not only the Master Gardener, planting us & rooting us in His Word...He is also the Master Potter! After He plants us, He forms us! When we are implanted in the womb, we have human fleshly faults & defects. We are physically formed there, but when we choose to live for Jesus, we are broken, reformed & reshaped into the person God desires us to be...just like a potter does with a vessel! Our Creator is the only one who can fix the imperfections!

"11: And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury." Jeremiah 19:11.

We must allow ourselves to be humble & broken before The Lord in order to be rebirthed into the purpose God has for us! Israel was so far gone from God, that He was going to break them to the point where they would not be made whole again...only if they did not repent! We must break away from our old life completely in our choice to walk with Jesus. Holding on to the broken shards of our old life breaks us away from The Potter's Hand. We need to hold His hand and allow Him to guide us into the spiritual & supernatural!

"9: Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay." Jeremiah 20:9.

When we know what being close to The Pitter, our God, feels like, we can't turn back! We can't refuse to speak in His Name! We can't refuse to tell everyone we know about the wonderful new creature The Potter has formed us into! When His Hand is upon us, and His Spirit & fire is within us, and the waters of baptism have been washed over us, we can be confident that our lives will never be the same! There's no choice but to tell the world, and pray for them to come under The Potter's Hand too.