The Cracked Pot

"Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand"

Jeremiah 18:6

How many of us started out with a perfect life? No flaws, no mistakes, perfect parents and siblings. I venture to say not many. We may have entered this world as wonderful little babies, but soon discovered the our surroundings were challenging! If not our surroundings, then possible something within us was amiss! We can liken our lives as a piece of pottery that became cracked! If you have ever watched a potter at work, it is quite fascinating! They slap the piece of clay on the wheel and start to a spinning! Slowly an image appears out of the hunk of clay. It resembles something like a bowl, a vase, a cup or dish. Whatever purpose the creator deemed for that particular piece of clay. If he is forming the clay into its purpose and a weakness in the clay somehow emerges; the potter may do something hard to believe. If a weakness occurs, a crack may appear in the clay. With one swift sweep, the potter will smash the clay image that was forming and begin anew!

Can you relate to this picture so far? Have you been a vessal being formed for the master's use only to find out you had a huge crack in your person? Perhaps a crack appeared because of some trauma or hurt. Perhaps you were the victim of a terrible situation. Perhaps sickness came upon you and caused a huge crack of weakness. Whatever the case, there it was! No matter how hard you tried to maintain a life of joy and peace, it always seemed to leak out! Now the potter has come along and smashed you altogether! It couldn't get much worse!

Do not fear. This is all in the master potter's plan."But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemd best to him." Jeremiah 18:4 "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel." Jeremiah 18:6 While God was specifically speaking to Israel, we can take these spiritual truths and apply them to our lives.

Right now at this very moment God is remaking you into something beautiful. You still have a purpose and destiny. It may not have been what you thought. But that is O.K. Let God remake you into the beautiful vessal that only he can. Be pliable in his hands. Become a vessal fit for the master's use.

Do not despise being remade. It is for your best interest and for the will of God.