We are the Clay; God is the Potter

I pray that you start every day with God. I chose to read daily devotions from Our Daily Bread. Today's devotion is titled "God's Molded Instruments." Ruth Wan wrote this devotion. The scripture reading is from Isaiah 64:5–9. The key verse is, "We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand." Isaiah 64:8. My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ; before I write, I first pray to God to guide my words to serve as spiritual food and guidance. I desire God to be my sole source of writing. All the credit goes to God, not me. I am his humble servant. I thank God that He led me to use Our Daily Bread Ministries to inspire comments and witnessing.

Background:

Romans 1:19-21 tells us God created us with an inborn knowledge that He is the Creator and Master of the universe. The potter-clay motif is an image used by the prophet Isaiah to depict God's strained relationship with His people. This metaphor points to a sovereign Creator and submissive creature relationship. Like clay, we are the intricate work of the Father's hand (Isaiah 64:8). Some sixty years after these words from Isaiah were written, the prophet Jeremiah went to a potter's house to give God's people this same message: "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel" (Jeremiah 18:6).

My Comments to You:

Knowing that I am a recipient of God's mercy makes me want to be Christ-like in what I say, do, write, and think. I submit daily to His transformation. His transformation of us is what God does! In His mercy, He sent His Son, Jesus, to die for our sin. He now shapes and transforms us as we walk in step with His Spirit every day. God works through us to accomplish His beautiful will: to be more and more like Jesus (Romans 8:29).

Reflect:

How can knowing that you're a recipient of God's mercy affect what you think, say, and do today? How can you submit yourself to His transformation?

My Prayer for Us:

Father, thank You for saving us and transforming us to become more like Your Son, Jesus. Teach us to submit to Your Spirit's work of transforming us.

Our Daily bread Ministries (2021/09/15) God's Molded Instruments, Ruth Wan, retrieved from www.odb.org 15/09/2021 God's Molded Instruments.