Clay in the Potter’s Hand
As commanded by the Lord, Jeremiah the prophet went to the potter’s house where the potter was making some thing at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so, he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. Then the Lord said to Jeremiah, “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter…. Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel” (Jer.18: 1-6). Dear child of God, you are the clay in the Lord’s hand. God allows the trials and tribulations that you face with a special purpose. Your faith is being tested through fire. No doubt, you were marred in the hand of the Potter. However, the Potter still holds you in His hand to make you again into another vessel. He will not rest until another vessel is made. Do not resist the tempest, which is allowed of God to make you into another vessel. Through every suffering, the Lord is making you into a vessel of His choice. “Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to Him who forms it ‘What are you making’ Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands? Woe to him who says to his father ‘What are you begetting or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’” (Is.45: 9-10).
Dear child of God, you are the clay in the Potter’s hand. The Lord chooses only humble people like you who consider themselves as the clay taken from the earth. You may not consider yourself as a vessel of gold or of silver.
Baptist John cried: “Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill brought low….” (Luke 3:5). Those servants of God who exalt themselves as the mountain and hill, or who consider themselves as the golden or silver vessels in the Hand of God just because they have been bestowed with certain spiritual gifts, shall be brought low, and those servants of God who consider themselves as the dust of the earth or as the valley shall be filled.
Dear servant of God, you may not be a great orator on the pulpit. You may not have enough money to organize any evangelical crusade. But, if you are a man with “a contrite and humble spirit” (Is.57: 15), you will become the clay in the Potter’s hand and the Lord will make you a vessel of His choice. Though you were marred in His Hand in the past, you will be shaped and made into another vessel meet for the Master’s use if you have a “humble spirit”. The Lord tells you, “As the clay is in the potter’s hand, as are you in my Hand”.
by Job Anbalagan