The Master Potter
Jeremiah 18:6
6O 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.
In the days of the prophet Jeremiah, Judah was a mess. The people were broken, lost, filled with sin and idolatry...and they didn't even seem to know it. But God hadn't given up on them, and speaking through the prophet, He begged them to turn back to Him so He could heal them, forgive them and restore them.
God led Jeremiah to a potter's house and showed him a man working at a pottery wheel, taking a marred, imperfect vessel and re-forming it so it could be made into something beautiful and useful. God then showed Jeremiah what this scene meant, namely that He wanted to do the same with the people of Israel. He even instructed Jeremiah to go to the people and ask them, "Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?"
Our heavenly father asks us the same question today. He wants to take all of us - including our messes, our mistakes and our ugliness - and remold us into beautiful vessels He can use for His glory and for the good of those around us. Our part in that equation is to answer "Yes!" when He asks us whether He can mold us into what He knows each of us can be. That is, in the words of the apostle Paul, "a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work" (2 Timothy 2:21).
Reference: 365 Essential Questions from the Bible
www.barbourbooks.com
The Grim Reaper Preacher says, "Try reading the Bible from cover to cover - you'll like it."
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Being molded by the potter hurts but it is a necessity to be like Christ .. God bless you brother
Keep it coming guys. I am a Muslim but been feeling lost and empty and currently reading about Jesus and Christianity and been finding succor. Keep it coming thanks.
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good message .. welcome transformation Potter's in my life.
all of us have faults and sins, one of the biggest problems is our character and that is why God wants us to let ourselves be molded and so little will be taken away from us what he does not like ... of course, it is not easy because there he will take away from us things that are normal for us but are not pleasing to God and we will often feel overwhelmed, only until the Lord achieves his work will we realize that it was worth everything we spend while the potter molds us .
God transforms us day by day in his image glory to God that's why
Really intresting post sir thanks for share
we want to know more about the christianity.
Thank you.....@deathlyhorror .
all better things warmly received.
Beautiful religious story about prophet Jeremiah. People always make mistake and God forgive them. But we should always try to follow God's rules and try to read Bible from cover to cover. Thanks dear friend @deathlyhorror for always providing the religious content.
When we are moulded by our potter which is God,He will make our lives meaningful. Thanks @deathlyhorror
It always amazes me that God uses the weak, poor and small to confront and confound the strong, rich and mighty. He also uses totally broken people (like David after the Bathsheba incident.) He uses children to confound adults.
That's all good because it give me a chance to be useful too!
A Dios sea toda la gloria y honrra hermano .