Many analogies have been made of the potter and clay to Jesus and His creations. It may seem old and worn out to you, but it came alive to me recently. Hannah bought a little child’s pottery wheel with some of her birthday money, and we were trying to learn how to operate it. We discovered that everything has to be just right in order for the clay to actually become a vessel. One very important step is for the clay to be in the center of the wheel. If it is off to the side, it won’t work right; it must be in the very center. I thought about us and how we must be in the very center of God’s Will in order for our lives to turn out right. It seems like I surrender and tell God, I want to be like that Godly vessel and I crawl right in the center of His will and then once it gets to spinning, I start crawling back off.
Another thing we learned was that the clay had to be the right consistency and have the correct amount of moisture, If it was too wet, it would slide off. If it was too dry, it wouldn’t stick to the wheel. If we are properly soaked in God’s Word and have an open communication line with Him, we will be stuck to the center of His Will and when the world gets to spinning crazily, it won’t move us. The devil is good at stealing our time and distracting us, so that we can’t stay focused and fail to study our Bible and pray. Sometimes the noise of our lives keep us from hearing God's directions.
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