“You Are In My Hand, Israel”

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.

Jeremiah 18:1-6

Have you ever seen sea glass?

It could have been a soda bottle.

If the discarded glass ends up in an ocean, its journey is just beginning.

In a similar way, a broken life can be renewed when it is touched by God’s love and grace. In the Old Testament, we read about the prophet Jeremiah watching a potter work. God explained that in His hands the people of ancient Israel were like clay, which He would shape as He saw best.

We are never too badly broken for God to reshape. He loves us in spite of our imperfections ands past mistakes, and He desires to make us beautiful.

When melted by trial, we can be fully molded by the Potter.

Our Daily Bread – August 6, 2014