Clay in the Hands of the Potter
Have the scars
and sins of your past totally mangled your life? No matter, because…
We
all believe in God as our Creator, but at times, we forget that our creation is
an immediate and continuous, ongoing relation, not a static happenstance from
the distant past. As the saying goes: "Be patient with me - God isn't done
creating me yet!" God initially created the physical universe at the
beginning of time, but it still would collapse instantly into nothingness if
God did not continue to uphold its existence. Likewise, God initially created
you and me in the physical order at the moment of conception, but the
continuation of our life is at every moment still dependent on His beneficence
as our Creator.
A
beautiful biblical image of this is found in chapter 18 of the book of Jeremiah
- as the prophet notes the clay's pliability in the potter's hands, the word of
the Lord comes to Jeremiah, reminding him (and us) that "indeed, like clay
in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand, house of Israel!"
Have
the scars and sins of your past totally mangled your life? No matter, because
just as easily as a potter can reshape a disfigured lump of clay into a
beautiful vase, so can God transform our life into the masterpiece He creates
us to be!