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The Fatherhood of God: He is the potter

Have you been to a pottery before? A few years ago, as part of the “hen do” for our Pastor’s daughter, we went to the pottery shop to make some designs. As we entered the shop, we saw the spinning wheel and that reminded me of Jeremiah 18:1-6: “This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.” Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. (Isaiah 64:8)

The potter and the clay do not argue on the shape of the clay or how the clay should finally look like. The clay is formed into a masterpiece and it comes out reflecting the workmanship of the potter. In Isaiah 64:8, we are told that the Lord is our Father, He is the the potter and we are the clay in His hands. But, are we really a willing clay? Or we are the clay that jumps up to show the potter how we should be molded? God is our Father and He desires to turn us into amazing masterpieces (poiema). As Paul stated in Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” The Father desires to show us forth to the world as a masterpiece of His creation. We are His poiema, His Masterpiece and the very the best of His works!

When we understand that our Father’s desire is to turn us into amazing masterpieces, our respond should be: If You can use anything Lord You can use me If You can use anything Lord You can use me Take my hands, Lord and my feet Touch my heart, Lord and speak through me If You can use anything Lord You can use me

If You can use anything Lord You can use me If You can use anything Lord You can use me Take my hands, Lord and my feet Touch my heart, Lord and speak through me If You can use anything Lord You can use me (Ron Kenoly, Use me Lord- 2010 Integrity Music)

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