The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying: 2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 6 “…, 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, (Jeremiah 18: 1-7)
There is so much in these few little verses. We are in the hands of The Potter. We come to him marred, blemished, flawed, stained and spoiled. He draws us to Him with this knowledge. He chooses us anyway. He chooses us because He knows the plans He has for us, he knows the power in His hands. He takes us in His hands, His beautiful hands. Notice not only does He take us into His hands, He takes what we are, what we’ve become, we are the it in the latter part of verse 4. He made it again another. Only He can remake us. We have to let Him. We have to trust Him. He makes us again as it seems good to Him. It’s not easy to be on The Potter’s Wheel. It’s not easy to be molded; to be made again as it seems good to The Potter to make. It’s not supposed to be easy but it is worth it. Even now as I’m continually being molded and shaped into whom He wants me to be there are days I feel as though I cannot take one more step, endure one more thing but as He says, His grace is enough.
I am thankful for the Moses moments when He shows His glory. You can’t always see His glory until He’s already passed by you and you get to look at what He has done. I believe He gives us these glimpses in between the storms, the trials and the pruning to encourage us to endure. To enable us to press through the next spin on the wheel knowing that we have been made into more of the shape that He wants us to be. I’m thankful and humbled that He chooses to remake me.