There are many times that Christians are compared to
vessels, more commonly known as jars of clay. We are being formed at the potter’s wheel by
the hands of the potter. Through trials
and blessings God, the potter, is forming us into the people He wants us to
become. Creating a vessel is a very
long, thought out process. The piece
must be shaped at the wheel and the potter’s hands must be in exactly the right
position. So, if we try to get out from
under God’s hands, we can end up deformed. However, as it says in Jeremiah 18:1-6, the
potter can reform the marred pot. Once
it’s shaped, in order to keep that shape it needs to be refined by fire. “For you, O God, tested us; you refined us
like silver” (Psalms 66:10, NIV). The
fiery trials that we go through in life are God’s way of refining us so we can
become more purified and stronger vessels.
When we try to struggle against the potter’s hands or escape the fire,
we must remember that God is using that process for our good. Saturday, April 25, 2015
Vessel
“But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and
of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto
honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good
work.” 2 Timothy 2:20-21 (KJV)
There are many times that Christians are compared to
vessels, more commonly known as jars of clay. We are being formed at the potter’s wheel by
the hands of the potter. Through trials
and blessings God, the potter, is forming us into the people He wants us to
become. Creating a vessel is a very
long, thought out process. The piece
must be shaped at the wheel and the potter’s hands must be in exactly the right
position. So, if we try to get out from
under God’s hands, we can end up deformed. However, as it says in Jeremiah 18:1-6, the
potter can reform the marred pot. Once
it’s shaped, in order to keep that shape it needs to be refined by fire. “For you, O God, tested us; you refined us
like silver” (Psalms 66:10, NIV). The
fiery trials that we go through in life are God’s way of refining us so we can
become more purified and stronger vessels.
When we try to struggle against the potter’s hands or escape the fire,
we must remember that God is using that process for our good.
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There are many times that Christians are compared to
vessels, more commonly known as jars of clay. We are being formed at the potter’s wheel by
the hands of the potter. Through trials
and blessings God, the potter, is forming us into the people He wants us to
become. Creating a vessel is a very
long, thought out process. The piece
must be shaped at the wheel and the potter’s hands must be in exactly the right
position. So, if we try to get out from
under God’s hands, we can end up deformed. However, as it says in Jeremiah 18:1-6, the
potter can reform the marred pot. Once
it’s shaped, in order to keep that shape it needs to be refined by fire. “For you, O God, tested us; you refined us
like silver” (Psalms 66:10, NIV). The
fiery trials that we go through in life are God’s way of refining us so we can
become more purified and stronger vessels.
When we try to struggle against the potter’s hands or escape the fire,
we must remember that God is using that process for our good. 
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So true how God can shape and process us for our good, even if when we go through shaping times it can be very difficult indeed.
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