(Note: This is the 2nd Sermon of The Potter and The Clay on this site)
(Caps and punctuation used throughout for Divine emphasis)
You are that clay. I am that clay. God Himself is The Potter.
Bottom line?
As long as we yield our 'self' to The Chief Potter,
That One Who knows best for each of us,
He'll mold and Create us into His Own Design;
What He wants us to be.
Then, 'our God-given destiny' can be fulfilled.
Jeremiah 18: 1 ~ 4
The Word which came to Jeremiah from The Lord, saying,
Arise, and go down to the potter's house,
and there I will cause thee to hear My Words.
Then I went down to the potter's house, and,
behold, He wrought a work on the wheels.
And the vessel that He made of clay was marred
in the hand of The Potter:
so He made it again another vessel,
as seemed good to The Potter to make it.
Isaiah 29: 15, 16
Woe unto them that seek deep
to hide their counsel from The Lord,
and their works are in the dark, and they say,
Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Surely your turning of things upside down
shall be esteemed as The Potter's clay:
for shall the work say of Him that made it,
He made me not?
or shall the thing framed say of Him that framed it,
He had no understanding?
Romans 9: 19 ~ 23
Thou wilt say then unto Me,
Why doth He yet find fault?
For who hath resisted His will?
No... O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it,
Why hast Thou made me thus?
Hath not The Potter Power Over the clay,
of the same lump to make one vessel unto Honour,
and another unto Dishonour?
What if God, willing to Shew His Wrath,
and to make His Power known,
Endured with much longsuffering
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
And that He might make known the riches of His Glory
On the vessels of mercy,
which He had afore prepared unto Glory,...
Psalms 103: 15 ~ 19
As for man,
his days are as grass:
as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
For the Wind passeth over it, and it is gone;
and the place thereof shall know it no more.
But The Mercy of The Lord is
From Everlasting to Everlasting upon
Them that fear (respect and obey) Him,
And His Righteousness unto children's children;
To such as keep His Covenant,
and to those that remember His commandments
to do them.
The Lord hath prepared His Throne in The Heavens;
And His Kingdom Ruleth over all.
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Isaiah 30: 9 ~ 15
That this is a Rebellious people,
Lying children,
children that will not hear The Law of The Lord:
Which say to the seers, See not;
and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things,
speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Get you out of the way,
turn aside out of the path,
cause The Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Wherefore thus saith The Holy One of Israel,
Because ye Despise this Word,
and trust in Oppression and Perverseness,
and stay thereon:
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you
as a breach ready to fall,
swelling out in a high wall,
whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
And He shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel
that is broken in pieces;
He shall not spare:
so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it
a sherd to take fire from the hearth,
or to take water withal out of the pit.
For Thus Saith The Lord God, The Holy One of Israel;
In returning and rest shall ye be saved;
in quietness and in confidence
shall be your strength:
and ye would not.
Flesh brings sin and sin brings fear.
Being pliable in His Hand living by His Word,
Brings Love, Faith and freedom from fear, i.e. Grace..
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Ecclesiastes 11: 5
As thou knowest not what is The way of The Spirit,
Nor how the bones do grow in the womb
Of her that is with child:
even so thou knowest not
The works of God Who Maketh all.
Where do we get this trusting-love faith?
By reading, thinking on, applying GOD's WORD.
Fears have to Bow to God's Word.
'Trust' in what He says, sets and keeps us Free In His Spirit.
The Potter is 'creating, fashioning, molding' His clay beautifully.
1 John 3: 21, 22
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not,
Then have we Confidence toward God.
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him,
Because we Keep His commandments,
and Do those things that are Pleasing in His Sight.
Romans 8: 1, 2
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
Who walk not after the flesh, but after The Spirit.
For the law of The Spirit of Life In Christ Jesus
hath made me Free from the law of sin and death.
You may say, I don't know what to do...where to go...when to... why??
Then I say to you, Unload it all to Him.
Spend time with Him....Time...
and Let Him change you There.
Soak up and Think on His Word...for hours, and see the 'changes'.
You 'can Trust Him' in Everything.
Can He trust you in everything?
Romans 8: 6 ~ 9
For to be Carnally Minded is Death; but to be Spiritually Minded is Life and Peace. Because the Carnal mind is Enmity (an enemy) Against God: for it is not subject to The Law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the Flesh Cannot Please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but In The Spirit, if so be that The Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not The Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Romans 6: 12, 13
Let not Sin therefore Reign in Your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither Yield ye your members as Instruments of Unrighteousness unto Sin: but Yield yourselves Unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as Instruments of Righteousness unto God.
Galatians 6: 8, 9
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to The Spirit shall of The Spirit reap Life Everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint (quit) not.
Job 38: 1 ~9, 22~ 29, 41
Then The Lord answered Job out of the Whirlwind, and said,
Who is this that darkeneth Counsel by words Without Knowledge?
Gird up now thy loins like a man;
for I will demand of thee, and answer thou Me.
Where were you when I laid The Foundations of the earth?
Declare, if you hast understanding.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?
or Who hath stretched the line upon it?
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
or Who laid The Corner Stone thereof;
When the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Or Who shut up the Sea with doors,
when it brake forth,
as if it had issued out of the womb?
When I made the cloud the garment thereof,
and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,...
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the Snow?
or have you seen the treasures of the Hail,
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
against The Day of Battle and War?
By what way is the Light parted,
which scattereth the East Wind upon the earth?
Who hath divided a Watercourse for the overflowing of Waters,
or a Way for the Lightning of Thunder;
To cause it to Rain on the earth, where no man is;
on the Wilderness, wherein there is no man;
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground;
and to cause the bud of the tender Herb to spring forth?
Hath the Rain a Father?
or Who hath begotten the drops of Dew?
Out of whose womb came the Ice?
And The Hoary Frost of Heaven, Who hath gendered it?..
Who provideth for the Raven his food? ...
Isaiah 45: 9
Woe unto him that Striveth with his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.
Shall the clay say to Him that fashioneth it,
What makest Thou?
Or Thy work,
He hath no hands?
In closing, join my heart in this prayer to our Father in Heaven:
Father, I Exalt You and Your Holy Will.
I Trust You, Father God!
Have Your sweet way Inside me.
Don't let me miss being what You gave Me Life For!
Thank You, for Trusting Me to Accomplish IT!
May You find 'me Faithful in least and in much.'
And, when my time here is done;
Wrap me up in Your Loving Gentle Arms and Carry Me Home.
Oh! ~ How WONDERFUL it SHALL BE to SEE YOU!!
Thank You for Loving me so much, Father.
I'm looking forward to sharing all in Heaven with You!
How very Sweet You are to keep company with.
What a Precious Privilege to be able to do so ... Here and There.
Amen.
Much Gratitude for The Use of The Graphics On This Page
The Beautiful Inspirational Music Playing is Entitled,
The Steadfast Love of The Lord
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