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We are the Clay

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One of the images we see several times in scripture is that God is the potter and we are clay. We read that idea today in Isaiah 64:8

And yet, O Lord, you are our Father.
We are the clay, and you are the potter.
We all are formed by your hand.

There is a lot about that image that is comforting.

We are in His hands at all times. He holds us. He works on us. He is not finished with us.

But, when we think about the work of the potter, and the clay, it’s not aways easy. The potter forms the clay. But, sometimes in the work of making the object, it’s not working right. Things aren’t going right.

So, what does the potter do? He takes the clay. He breaks it down. And he starts over. And then he rebuilds.

To me, the notion of God being a potter and we being His clay speaks to that. It speaks to how God forms us, how God works on us, how God makes us.

And it also speaks to the fact that there are going to be times of great pain or hurt or loss. There are going to be times when we fell crushed. There are going to be times when we feel overwhelmed.

Don’t give up or lose hope in those moments. God is at work. God is forming us. God is making us. God is working on us. When the fire is hot. When the moment is hard. When the pressure is on.

We are the clay. He is the potter. And He is at work. He is forming us into the object He wants us to be. Trust. Trust.

He is at work. His greatest work happens in those hard times. Don’t give up. He is the potter. We are the clay. Trust in His hand.

God Will Take Care of You

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One of the things that I feel like I have to do is take care of myself and my family.

That’s part of my job in life. That’s part of my responsibility. That’s part of what I’m supposed to do.

As a man, a husband, a father, I’m supposed to do everything I can to take care and provide for those that I love and those that are in my family.

That’s a good thing, I believe.

But, with that said, it a good, good thing for me to read a passage like this today, from Luke’s Gospel:

14 For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, ‘Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.’ 15 They did so and made them all sit down. 16 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. 17 And all ate and were filled. What was left over was gathered up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

It’s a good thing to remember that the crowd couldn’t feed themselves.  They were following Jesus, listening to His teaching, and they didn’t have the ability to take care of themselves in that place.

What did Jesus do?  He provided for them their needs for that moment.

He will take care of us.  He will provide.  He will not forget.

We see it in this passage, that He took care of those that were following Him.

We pray in the Lord’s Prayer – give us this day our daily bread.

We read in the Old Testament that the Lord sent mana to take care of them in the wilderness.

In life, we are to do our part. Work hard, take care of other people, do our best.

But, even more important than that is to trust.  Trust in the power of God.

Trust in the provision of God.

Trust in the love of God.

God took care of the many in scripture today.

He will take care of you.

Today.