2026_02_22 The Potter and The Clay

And, yes, Jeremiah was talking to the people of Israel at that day. But throughout the scripture, that illustration is used. It's used in the New Testament several times as well in in Jeremiah. So although in that context, Jeremiah is talking to Israel so long ago, He's talking to us also. He's the potter. We're the clay. And we're gonna look at some of that right now because if you get right down to it, you and I are a work under com completion. We aren't finished yet. [00:28:16] (40 seconds)  #PotterAndClay

And break me. I wanna be like Jesus. I want you, Potter, to mold my life to be Christ like. And so I'm willing to lay it here on your table as your clay for you to work with it. Take me. Break me and make me. Make me after your plan. [00:57:26] (31 seconds)  #TakeBreakMakeMe

There's a potter's purpose. He had a plan in mind, and he stayed faithful in that plan. A vessel reflects the craftsmanship of the potter and were clay vessels of his chosen to glorify him. So what should we say to this potter this morning? Well, here's a couple verses. Isaiah 64 and verse eight says, but now, oh lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are potter, and all we are the work of your hands. [00:52:21] (45 seconds)  #WorkOfHisHands

He sees the clay as becoming a vessel of honor. In Romans nine twenty one, Paul says, does not the potter have power over the clay? The master potter looks at the clay, and he sees teacups and saucers and vases and bowls and flower pots and mugs, all kinds of other things. He sees those things. He sees those things. He looks at that clay, and he doesn't see clay. He sees a finished product. [00:43:26] (49 seconds)  #PotterSeesPotential

That's the way it happened in Moses. That's the way it happens in every leader in the Bible. Oh, by the way, that's the way it happens with you and me too. You've got the potter's process also in verses two through four. Arise and go to the potter's house. There I'll cause you to hear my words. And I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter. [00:50:32] (32 seconds)  #PottersProcess

And years ago, Bill and Gloria wrote this. Listen to this. This is really profound, so please pay attention. Okay? He's still working on me to make me what I need to be. It took him just a week to make the moon and the stars, the sun and the earth and the Jupiter and Mars. Get the rhythm of it. How loving and patient he must be because he's still working on me. [00:37:40] (26 seconds)  #PatientCreator

And so curiosity gets the best of him, and he goes to where that bush is burning, and God speaks to him through the bush and tells him Moses, you're my chosen servant, and you need to get back to Egypt and lead my people out of bondage. So he goes back to Egypt, staff in hand, challenges the pharaoh. The plagues come. God shows himself superior to anything pharaoh's gods have to offer. God leads Moses to lead the people to the Red Sea with pharaoh's army close behind them, opens the Red Sea and dry shod, the Israelites go across into the desert. [00:48:15] (56 seconds)  #BurningBushCall

The reason I mentioned that is that the the theme that came out of that revival meeting is the theme that's being dealt with with the potter and the clay. The theme was this, take me, break me, make me. That was the theme of that of that whole movement of God. Take me. I'm a lump of clay. You're the potter. Somehow take me. [00:56:43] (42 seconds)  #TakeMeBreakMakeMe