Posted Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 at 11:25 am

In Jeremiah 18 we read of Jeremiah going to the potter’s house to watch him make pots on his pottery wheel.  Jeremiah says, “But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hand; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him…”  He then records a message from God, “‘…can I not do with you as this potter does?’ declares the Lord.  ‘Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand…’”  What a picture of God as the giver of second chances.  So many times we make mistakes, we make bad choices, our lives get cracks and imperfections and then come the consequences.  We struggle with guilt and feel like a loser.  We feel that God can’t use us.  But then, with His skilled hands, He begins that process of reshaping us and reconstructing a new “pot.”  That’s mercy.  That’s grace.  There is no mistake so big that our Master Potter can’t rework and still make us useful for His purposes.  We just have to be willing to allow Him to take us in His hands and put us through His process of reclaiming us.  It may be a painful process, but the end result - of being transformed by the Hands of the Master into a useful vessel - is worth whatever Jesus deems necessary; because He promised in Romans 8:28, that it would all work together for our good.  Be encouraged!  The Potter is at His wheel - and you are safe in His hands.

Clark Williman
Interim Lead Pastor