The Potter

“But now, O Lord, You are our Father, we are the clay, and You our potter; and all of us are the work of Your hand.”- Isaiah 64:8 ^(NASB)  

          Here in Isaiah, the prophet is comparing God to “our” potter, for He made us lovingly by His own hands. He knew us before we were even a twinkle in our parents’ eye and formed us in our mother’s womb. He knows the beginning from the end and knows us intimately. This verse of scripture reminds us that we are not our own. We were created by a higher power. We were all created with a free will. If we were not, then we would be required to serve God, as if He were a tyrannical dictator, but that’s not the case. Free will causes us to worship and serve God out of a desire that wells up within us. When we begin to understand all that He has done for us, we feel compelled to love and worship Him. This leads us to trust Him by faith. 

Scripture tells us that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” ^{[Psalm 139:14]}.  Deep inside us we know there is something or someone much greater than we are. Man is more inclined to believe just about anything, but not that, for then they would have to DO something with that knowledge, and they would rather live as they choose. If they could only see things as God sees them and know what God knows, but that would negate the need for faith and faith is required to know God.

If you were to watch a potter mold a piece of clay into something beautiful, you will notice the painstaking care with which the potter molds and shapes the piece. He is proud of his work as he fires it in the kiln (oven). He displays it for all to see when it is completed. So does God. We are His prized creations. We mustn’t disappoint Him by the way we live. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing.

Richard Keller

Bread of Life Ministries