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In
making pottery, if there is no water, there will be no pot. We need the washing of God's Word in order to
be able to be shaped into the pot the Potter wants us to be.
We
are the clay which is shaped through the washing of the Word, and through
pressure applied to us by the Master Potter on the Potter's wheel. The pressures applied to us are the
circumstances of life.
A
self-centered Christian is off-center, and the only way to get back is through
repentance.
A
potter has to dig deep to get rid of the GUNK in the bottom of the pot he's
making. We need to give Jesus permission
to dig deep and get the GUNK out. We
need repentance. For example, we may be
harboring hatred, resentment, and bitterness deep inside, we may have a critical
spirit, and we may be holding grudges.
We need to surrender all this at the foot of the Cross, at the Lord's
feet.
Yield
yourself to the Master Potter's hand.
Give Him your whole heart, not just pieces of it. Trust Him with everything that you are and
everything you hope to become in the future.
You are becoming a beautiful, functional vessel under His hands. The Lord wants to remove the GUNK.
We
may think He's making us into a vase, but He may really be making us into a
bowl. Sometimes the cut has to go deep
to change the direction of our lives. We
may be seeking our will for our lives, and not God's will for our lives. Are we living for ourselves or for Him? He will allow us to make wrong choices in
life, and use those choices as part of His shaping process.
What
are you trying to stuff in the God-shaped hole in your heart? Only one thing can mend a broken heart – the
blood of Jesus Christ.
Come
back to Him. Yield to Him.
Jesus
is all I have.
Jesus
is all I need.
Jesus
is all I ever want.
The
clay has no idea what the Potter is going to do with it. In the heat of the fire, two plus two doesn't
equal four. It is only when we look back
can we sometimes see what the Potter had been doing in our lives, through
Providential circumstances.
We
should want all that God has for us.
God
loves the clay. He doesn't notice that
He gets dirty as He's molding us, because He always sees the finished vessel
first. You are going to look great in
your Father's house.
We
have to go through the fire. We have to
stand and trust. While we're in the fire
He's got His arms around us.
Our
goal – to hear, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
