January 6th, 2022 – God Looks for Clay
Experiencing God Devotional
Jeremiah 18:6 -“O house of Israel, 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, O house of Israel!”
God knows how to bring salvation to your family, your friends, your community, and your world. Accordingly, He looks for those who will allow Him to shape them into the instruments He requires to do His divine work. Clay has no plans of its own, no aspirations for service, nor reluctance to perform its given task. It is just clay. Moldable, pliable, totally submissive to the will of its master.
At times we excitedly announce to God: “I’ve discovered my strengths and gifts, and now I know how I can best serve You!” At other times we inform Him, “I am aware of what my weaknesses are, so I know which tasks I’m not capable of doing for You.” Yet this is not characteristic of clay. God is not limited to working with our strengths (2 Cor. 12:9–10). He can mold us into whatever kind of instrument He requires. When God’s assignment demands humility, he finds a servant willing to be humbled. When His work requires zeal, He looks for someone He can fill with His Spirit. God uses holy vessels, so He finds those who will allow Him to remove their impurities. It is not a noble task, being clay. There is no glamour to it, nothing boast-worthy, except that it is exactly what Almighty God is looking for. Compliant, moldable, yielded clay.
If your tendency is to tell the Father what you can and cannot do for Him, submit to His agenda and allow Him to shape you into the person He wants you to be. Like clay.
Blackaby, Richard. Experiencing God Day By Day (p. 6). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Pastor’s Thoughts
“It is not a noble task, being clay. There is no glamour to it, nothing boast-worthy, except that it is exactly what Almighty God is looking for. Compliant, moldable, yielded clay.”
This whole devotional was awesome. We are the clay, He is the potter.
So often churches, books, and culture lead us to believe that the potter is limited by the clay He has to work with. That is never true and will never be true.
God is without limits. He simply wants you and I to be WILLING to do whatever it is that He asks of us without giving excuses as to why we can’t or why we won’t.
He is looking for clay. Increase Jesus in your life and then you yourself will decrease. The more you and I decrease the better clay we become.
Serve God with whatever He tells you to do. No matter how big or small, serve Him.
Have a blessed Thursday everyone!
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