“But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands…” Jer 18:4 (NIV)
Whenever you purchase an item that has an “as is” tag on it, you accept the fact that it may be flawed. In other words, the item may not be perfect.
The beauty of salvation is that God accepted us “as is” and brought us into a vibrant love relationship with Himself to move us from “as is” to “what could be” in His hands. Yes! We were marred in His hands. But, He lovingly and patiently removes the imperfections of our attitude, behavior, and speech.
Being on the Potter’s wheel can be painful at times. As God allows us to go through suffering and sorrow in this life, the areas of our life that do not reflect Christ-likeness will be dealt with. God will grow us through the pain. He will mold us and shape us through adversity.
Bathsheba endured some difficult seasons in her life. She experienced loneliness, grief, delays, disappointment, and shattered dreams. Yet, God redeemed all of those seasons in her life to bring her into a deeper relationship with Himself. She would have never become a Proverbs 31 woman without the adversity that God allowed her to face. She was marred in His hands. As a result of the loving touch of the Potter’s hands, she became a masterpiece!
Are you on the Potter’s wheel? Be patient. Allow God to mold you. He took you “as is” and He is shaping you for eternal significance.
Pursuing God,
Stephen Trammell
Executive Pastor
8 replies on “Living as Clay”
I could not refrain froom commenting. Exceptionally weol written!
893739 679639Amaze! Thank you! I constantly wished to produce in my internet web site a thing like that. Can I take element with the publish to my weblog? 972568
183788 460524I discovered your weblog website on google and verify a couple of of your early posts. Continue to maintain up the superb operate. I just extra up your RSS feed to my MSN News Reader. Searching for forward to reading extra from you in a while! 637424
753532 969653Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It in fact was a amusement account it. Appear advanced to more added agreeable from you! Even so, how could we communicate? 507103
249487 807571You made some decent factors there. I looked on the internet for the issue and identified most individuals will go along with with your internet site. 626019
597595 181651After study several the websites on your personal internet web site now, i truly like your indicates of blogging. I bookmarked it to my bookmark web site list and will also be checking back soon. Pls consider my web-site likewise and tell me what you consider. 831355
711653 378353I like this internet site really considerably so a lot wonderful information. 78468
692435 283590Really interesting subject , regards for putting up. 186998