MGD: You Are the Clay

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good

for his mercy endures forever. Let's ease your announcie his

mercy endures forever shallon be loved and welcome once again

to another episode of the Morning Glory devotion. We are

glad to have you here. Let's begin with the word

of prayer. Dear Father, open our house to receive your

word in Jesus name. Amen, let's take a confession together

from Joshua chapter one, verse eight. Joshua chapter one, verse eight.

This book of the Law shall not DePass out of

my mouth, but I shall meditate in it day and night,

that I will observe to do according to all that

is written in it. For then I will make my

way prosperous, and then I will have good success. Amen.

This devotion is titled You are the Clay, and our

scripture reading will be taken from Jeremiah chapter eighteen, from

verses one to six. And I read the word which

came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, arise and go

down to the Potter's house, and there I will cost

you to hear my words. Then I went down to

the potter's house, and there he was making something at

the wheel, and the vessel that he made of clay

was mad in the hand of the potter, so he

made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good

to the potter to make. Then the word of the

Lord came to me, say, Old House of Israel, can

I not do with you as this potter? Says the Lord. Look,

as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are

you in my hand, Old House of Israel. Amen, you

are the clay. Imagine standing over a pot of sizzling

onions and oil on the stove. You are trying to

make a pot of tomatoes stew. But just when you're

about to pour the tomatoes in, you hear them shouting

from the cutain board. No, not me, grab the chicken instead.

I can picture the flowergasted look on your face. Now,

imagine sitting behind the potter's wheel, trying to craft a

beautiful vase. You reach a stage where you need to

collapse and remold the clay, and suddenly the lump of

mad cries out in exasperation. Not again. Once again. Your

expression will be a mixture of surprise and utter confusion.

Yet how often do we do something just as odd

by trying to direct the Almighty God on which seems

to play out in our lives. There is an innate

human need to have control over whatever happens to us

and when it happens. However, when we sign up for

the Born Again project and I enrolled in the School

of the Spirit, we must understand that God is the

master potter and the author of our stories. In no

book that the character dictate to the author how each

chapter shall turn out. Beloved, stop trying to control the narrative.

Hand the clay back to the potter and watch the

beauty that springs out of what you may think is

absolute chaos. Yes, things may not look the way you

hope they wild right now. Perhaps the very promises God

whispered to you have yet to unfold. But remember our

uncle scripture. When the vessel was mad in the hands

of the potter, he didn't throw it in the trash.

He remade it into another vessel, as it seemed good

to the potter to make. God is the potter and

we are the clay. Do not be discouraged or downcast

because your current circumstances do not reflect the picture God

has shown you and your dreams the crushing in the

stretching you feel right now, isn't God destroying you? Is

his hands reshaping you. As long as God has spoken it,

he will do it. In as long as Jesus is alive.

Your story is far from over. Amen, our memory there

will be taken from Psalms thirty seven, verse twenty three,

and I read the inultivation. The Lord directs the steps

of the godly. He delights in every detail of the lives.

The Lord directs the steps of the godly, He delights

in every detail of their lives. Amen. Let's end on

the notes of prayer. Heaven Father, we yield our lives

to you today, affirming that you are indeed the all

wise God. Give us grace to follow steadily in your leadership.

In Jesus name, we pray. Amen, God bless you for

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