He is the Potter....I am the Clay

Isa. 64:8
         But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.


        I began to thank of this scripture and it reminded me of the many times, as a young couple, we would take the family to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.
       At SDC they had all sorts of crafts and craftsmen demonstrating their craft and how it was done in the year 1896. One caught my attention and interest, the Pottery Shop always seem to have the largest crowd. 


If you have never seen a potter at work it is quite interesting.

      A potter first starts off by getting the clay centered on the wheel. It takes patients and time. After getting in it the center, he works the clay, waters it so it doesn't dry up and become unusable. To make a great piece of pottery that can be used for a purpose, it must be molded both inside and out.
     Isaiah said, He (God) is the Potter and we are the clay. His desire for us, all the way back to the Garden of Eden, was for us to be vessels of use, not to just sit somewhere and look pretty. After Adam and Eve sinned, that changed everything. He has to work all the lumps (impurities) out, get us in the center of the wheel (his will), begin to form us with his hands, both inside and out, and mold us into a vessel that can be used. This sometimes will take place with much pain and against our will. It is always worth it, because the final product is usable for the master potter, Jesus Christ.
     After He has finished molding and fashioning the vessel, you think He is complete. Not just yet. He still has to cover it with a sealer to keep the moisture out (Sin) and to keep it from destroying the vessel. 
    He covers us with his blood and gives us redemption of our sins.. 


    Matt. 26:28--this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
    After the vessel is made and covered with a protection from the outside elements (Satan), the potter then fires the vessel very hot to take out all of the moisture and make the vessel solid and usable. The potter has to watch very closely and knows just when to take the vessel out so as not to crack and ruin it.
    Our furnace sometimes becomes a little hot and uncomfortable at times and almost more than we think we can handle. The potter (Jesus Christ) is always there watching and knows just when to pull it out.
   When we get through the heat, we are a fine piece of usable pottery and makes the Potter very proud. He can then fill it full.


     1 John 3:1-Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Let Him do a work in you, making you into a vessel according to His will. Washing you in water and filling you with his spirit. Today is the day of salvation. His returning is right upon us. Make him you Lord and Savior and he will direct your daily life.