Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Grace for your spirit. March 1,, 2012

Grace for your spirit
On the contrary, who are you O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, "Why did you make me like this," will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? Romans 9:20-21

The song "Have Thine own way Lord, have Thine own way. Thou art the potter, I am the clay." is a principle found in both the Old Testament and the New about letting God's hand control our lives. If you have every seen the skilled hands of a potter working with a lump of clay, the transformation is amazing. They stick their hands into the clay spinning on a wheel, and before you know it, you have a beautiful creation. It is a skill that most of us don't have. Watching it reminds us that we are but clay, the dust of the earth. Then God puts His hand on us and creates a vessel that He can use in His own way. If we are not the vessel we think we deserve to be, that is not for us to say. We are created to serve, not give back talk. Let's commit to being a useful pot, even if we are "cracked pots" from time to time. Our open mouth creates a giant hole that limits the use of our pot considerably. Let's keep it shut.

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