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"But now, O LORD, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You our
Potter; and all we are the work of Your hand." Isaiah 64:8
We
read, in the book of Genesis, that God formed man from the dust of the
earth. We were created in His image and we were created for His
pleasure!
Every one of us is unique; God didn't use a cookie-cutter when He formed
us. We should not be trying to squeeze ourselves into a mold nor should
we be interfering with God's work in other people's lives.
A
dear woman once shared with us, how years before when she saw herself as
more "spiritual" than her husband, she attempted to get him more
involved in the things of God. The harder she tried, the less
interested he became.
One
day, God gave her a vision: A potter was standing at a potter's wheel,
patiently and lovingly shaping a clay pot. She then saw how when He
left that piece of pottery to work on another, a little hand came up
from behind and began to reshape the pot, squishing and patting along
the edges.
She
realized the "Potter" was the Lord and the clay pot, her husband. Every
time God was working in her husband's life and heart, she would come
along and mess things up. She repented, stopped interfering, and then
marveled at how God worked in and through her husband's life, shaping
him into a Godly man.
You
may want to take a moment to consider the condition of your own heart.
Is it a brittle or splintered piece of pottery? Or is your heart soft
and supple clay, ready and eager to be shaped and molded by the hand of
the Master Potter?
Our
God wants to work in the internal and on the eternal, whereas we often
get in the way, working on the external.
Monthly
devotions are written by Robert and Laura Nance, musicians/artists
gifted by the Lord. You can view their website by clicking on the link
below:
http://www.robertandlauranance.com
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"Reflection" © - By Robert Nance
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