**this was sent out via email last week. Sorry for the internet troubles last week**
This week passage from Jeremiah is the wonderful
illustration as God as the potter working the clay on the wheel. And my thought of the week is about how God
is working in and through our lives. You
see many artists look at their materials and know what will come. For instances a sculptor may know that wood
or the stone will be a statue of a bird, before it begins to take shape; many
sculptor’s will tell you that the material “speaks” to them as to what it will
become. God knows what we are going to
become, God knows before we are formed and before we are in our mother’s womb
God knows us. Scripture tells us this
and yet like the potter who may know that the block of clay will become a vase
– God still plays a role in our lives.
God’s role can be large or small. God can intervene and try to change our shape
but ultimately God like the potter is the artist. You see even if that block of clay can become
the vase – it only has the potential until it gets on the wheel and if no one
is there to shape it the best that will happen is it may become an interesting
look ash tray.
Like the potter, and any good artist, God wants the best
outcome for her creation. He doesn’t
want the ash tray but the beautiful and functional vase. There, God doesn’t want to have to take
stern actions to correct us but instead through ever loving presence we are
formed seamlessly.
Let us work today, on allowing the wheel of God’s will to
spin us into our potential. Let us take
steps to follow God’s lead knowing the our Creator is working hard to let our
wondrous self shine. God isn’t looking
for a bunch of perfectly shaped and molded vases, God is looking for each of us
to be formed, uniquely and with our blemishes but strong in faith and mighty in
our love.
