ARE YOU CLAY OR CEMENT?
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…”
Listen my brothers and sisters…God knows what He’s doing…He has all power in His hands…He has told us in His Word that, “He will never leave us or forsake us…”
If we know that He is with us, why do we, often have such a hard time doing the things we think He wants us to do for Him? Answer…Because our hearts have become as hard as cement! Not only our hearts but our heads also…
Christians have become so dependant on self until they have lost the power of a simple clay object…
God knows how to bring salvation to your family, your friends, your community, and your world…Therefore, 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 aspiration 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…
APPLICATION: God is not limited to working with our strengths (2nd 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 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 or cannot do for Him, submit to His plan and allow Him to shape you into the person He wants you to be…
So now you have to decide which you are…Are you clay or cement? If you are clay, ready to be molded for His good purpose, praise God…If you are cement, and your head is hard…you will have to become humble for His sake… If you do not become humble, The Potter will use something already in His hands to humble you, in His own way!
God can take you no matter what, who, or where you are and use you for His good purpose but first of all, you need to become humble…
Many people today tell God what He can do…But we need to become pliable in His hands and let Him do what He already knows how to do…
God can use hard heads and hard hearts, but He first has to make them pliable and moldable for His good purpose...
Listen my brothers and sisters…God knows what He’s doing…He has all power in His hands…He has told us in His Word that, “He will never leave us or forsake us…”
If we know that He is with us, why do we, often have such a hard time doing the things we think He wants us to do for Him? Answer…Because our hearts have become as hard as cement! Not only our hearts but our heads also…
Christians have become so dependant on self until they have lost the power of a simple clay object…
God knows how to bring salvation to your family, your friends, your community, and your world…Therefore, 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 aspiration 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…
APPLICATION: God is not limited to working with our strengths (2nd 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 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 or cannot do for Him, submit to His plan and allow Him to shape you into the person He wants you to be…
So now you have to decide which you are…Are you clay or cement? If you are clay, ready to be molded for His good purpose, praise God…If you are cement, and your head is hard…you will have to become humble for His sake… If you do not become humble, The Potter will use something already in His hands to humble you, in His own way!
God can take you no matter what, who, or where you are and use you for His good purpose but first of all, you need to become humble…
Many people today tell God what He can do…But we need to become pliable in His hands and let Him do what He already knows how to do…
God can use hard heads and hard hearts, but He first has to make them pliable and moldable for His good purpose...
God uses moldable clay for His good purpose...
When we yield to His power, then and only then will He use us for His glory!
Rev. Robert N. Graves, Sr. Fisherman for Christ
posted by Fisherman For Christ at 1/08/2009 10:51:00 AM
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