Clay In The Hands Of The Potter

What does it mean to be shaped and molded by God's hand, much like clay in the hands of a skilled potter? This episode of Joy in this Journey by Faithline unpacks this profound metaphor from Jeremiah 18:4-6, illuminating how our spiritual journey mirrors the transformation of clay into a beautiful vessel. We'll explore the significance of God's corrections and disciplines, seeing them as vital processes that refine our character and purpose. With insights from Hebrews and Isaiah, we reflect on how God lovingly remolds us through life's challenges, making us better vessels for His work.

We dive deep into the scriptures, drawing connections to our own lives and encouraging you to embrace sanctification. Experience the joy that comes with understanding God's loving hand at work, even when we falter. Hear how the potter's wheel symbolizes God's way of refining and reshaping us, ensuring that we emerge stronger and more purposeful. Tune in, be inspired, and find joy in knowing that God is continuously shaping us into the best versions of ourselves. 

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:09

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Speaker 2: 0:27

Hello everyone and welcome back to this new episode of the podcast Joy in this Journey by Faithline. Today we'll touch on the topic of how we are like clay in the hands of the potter. We will be reading in Jeremiah 18, verses 4 to 6. Then the word of the Lord came to me saying O house of Israel, cannot I not do with you as this potter says? The Lord, look, as the clay is in the potter's hands, so are you in my hand, o house of Israel.

Speaker 2: 1:19

The process in which clay grows from being just clay to a useful vessel is time consuming and very extensive. Through this process there are a lot of instances where the clay can be damaged. In this passage in the book of Jeremiah we see the relationship between the potter and the clay, between the potter and the clay. God sent Jeremiah to experience and witness how the clay damages in the hands of the potter. We are also like this clay Many times during the process. We are formed as useful vessels. We can break. But one of the most important things about this passage and the message behind these verses is not the fact that the clay broke, but that, although it broke, the potter was able to make it a better piece. Just like the clay broke in the potter's hands, and he made it a better vessel, we also can get damaged or spoiled, and God, our potter, can make us again into a better vessel. The question will be how can he make us again? One way is through correction and discipline, a topic that we don't usually want to hear or talk about, but one that God constantly reminds us of. For the potter to make a better vessel out of the clay, he had to put it back in the potter's wheel, a procedure that requires putting a lot of pressure on the clay. This is exactly what God does when he corrects us. He makes us again, and even though it hurts and sometimes we don't like it, we need it in order to be made better vessels.

Speaker 2: 3:18

Hebrews 12, 6-7 says If you endure chastening, god deals with you as with sons. For what son is there whom a father does not chasten? Just like this verse says if we are children of God, corrections and discipline are necessary. None of us are perfect and we never come to Christ knowing how to please the Lord, but it's through the walk with Him and through the lessons and corrections he gives our lives that we learn what he likes and what pleases Him. This is a process of sanctification. So finish. The book of Isaiah, chapter 64, verse 8, says that there is a connection between the corrections that we are given as children of God and us being clay, it says, and all we are the work of your hand. Let us rejoice in the fact that, although the clay can break, our loving pattern, can give us a better shape, and let us see God's corrections as a way of him giving us a better shape to become better vessels. May you be blessed. This is your sister in Christ, lauren. Until the next episode, amen.

Speaker 1: 4:49

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