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You're in His hands!
'AS THE CLAY IS IN THE POTTER'S HAND, SO ARE YOU IN MY HAND.' JEREMIAH 18:6
Jeremiah was told by God to go down to the potter's house and see how he made his pottery: 'The jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so [the potter] crushed it into a lump of clay...and started over' (Jeremiah 18:4 NLT). Sounds a bit harsh considering we're supposed to be like the clay but the potter crushed the clay in order to make something loads better out of it!
Here's the good news: life may have crushed you but you're still in God's hands! Your family and friends may think you're a waste of space or beyond repair but God doesn't and His opinion is what counts. Your life may seem to be out of control today but in reality you're still on the potter's wheel; being stretched, shaped and moulded. 'As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.'
One day a friend of Michelangelo saw him working on a piece of marble he'd found on a rubbish dump. When he asked Michelangelo what he was doing he replied: 'There's an angel inside and I'm going to bring him out.' How good is that? From a rubbish dump piece of reject rock to a priceless work of art. That's what our God does!
Hannah said 'He raises the poor from the dust...To set them among princes' (1 Samuel 2:8 NKJV). You're not born qualified; you become qualified by spending time with Jesus. So stay where God has you today and let Him keep working on you. Tomorrow you'll be glad you did.
written by Bob Gass
'AS THE CLAY IS IN THE POTTER'S HAND, SO ARE YOU IN MY HAND.' JEREMIAH 18:6
Jeremiah was told by God to go down to the potter's house and see how he made his pottery: 'The jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so [the potter] crushed it into a lump of clay...and started over' (Jeremiah 18:4 NLT). Sounds a bit harsh considering we're supposed to be like the clay but the potter crushed the clay in order to make something loads better out of it!
Here's the good news: life may have crushed you but you're still in God's hands! Your family and friends may think you're a waste of space or beyond repair but God doesn't and His opinion is what counts. Your life may seem to be out of control today but in reality you're still on the potter's wheel; being stretched, shaped and moulded. 'As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.'
One day a friend of Michelangelo saw him working on a piece of marble he'd found on a rubbish dump. When he asked Michelangelo what he was doing he replied: 'There's an angel inside and I'm going to bring him out.' How good is that? From a rubbish dump piece of reject rock to a priceless work of art. That's what our God does!
Hannah said 'He raises the poor from the dust...To set them among princes' (1 Samuel 2:8 NKJV). You're not born qualified; you become qualified by spending time with Jesus. So stay where God has you today and let Him keep working on you. Tomorrow you'll be glad you did.
written by Bob Gass
