Yes, that’s me. I know when I know that the Potter is working on me — smoothing out my rough edges and making my lop-sided vessel into something He can use. Not that I’m complaining — but I sure want my vessel to be honorable, pure, and holy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It takes three things to make something beautiful on a potter\u2019s wheel — the wheel, the clay AND the potter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take any one of them away, and nothing happens. A wheel without clay just spins. Clay without a wheel sits there — lumpy and unmoved. That lumpiness is often my grumpiness. So, what does the third component do? The POTTER? He is refining, shining and making me a purpose-filled vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s our issues — we want instant results. Quick fixes. Microwave miracles. But the Potter works slowly — hands steady, eyes focused, never rushed. Sometimes the clay is too hard. Sometimes it is too soft. Sometimes it collapses altogether. And yet — the Potter doesn\u2019t toss it aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1952, a Miami Beach shop owner famously posted a sign that read: \u201cYou break it, you buy it.\u201d A warning. A threat. A final word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, but not our Potter \u2013 his sign would read:
\u201cIf you break it, I\u2019ll make it into something even better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s exactly what the prophet Jeremiah saw when he visited the potter\u2019s house. The clay was marred \u2013 flawed and imperfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, the potter did what a master does. He didn\u2019t quit. He didn\u2019t scold the clay. He simply reshaped it — into another vessel, as it seemed best to him (check out Jeremiah 18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God does the same with us. He doesn\u2019t see our mistakes as deal-breakers or our brokenness as wasted material. In His hands, nothing is useless. He applies pressure where needed, water when required, patience always. And when life collapses us? He starts again — using the same clay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are never thrown away.
Never beyond repair.
Never too broken for beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wheel keeps turning.
The Potter keeps shaping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the clay — well — it learns to trust, surrenders to the Potter’s will, and we become the vessel of honor that He destined us to be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because in the hands of a loving Potter, even the broken pieces become something beautiful. Lord, please make us your vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please watch this video as a prayer for you AND me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n