HE IS THE POTTER I
AM THE CLAY
AS THE CREATOR OF A
BEAUTIFUL CLAY POT IN A
POTTERY FACTORY WORKS TO
MAKE HIS CLAY POT TO BE THE
PRETTIEST AND THE BEST HOW
MUCH MORE DOES GOD WORK WITH
EACH OF US DAILY TO MAKE US
TO BE
THAT BEAUTIFUL
VESSEL HIS VERY BEST!!!
I HAVE HAD THE
PLEASURE OF GOING TO A
POTTERY FACTORY JUST OUTSIDE
OF SHREVEPORT WHERE I USED
TO LIVE AND WATCHING THE
POTTER MAKE A CLAY POT INT0
A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART IT
IS SO AWESOME TO WATCH HOW
HE TAKES THE CLAY (AND A
SMALL PORTION OF CLAY I MUST
SAY) AND HE BEGINS TO FORM
IT AND SHAPE IT TO BE THAT
POT SO BEAUTIFUL AND PRETTY.
HOW HE TAKES THE
CLAY AND CONTINUES TO WORK
THE IMPURITIES OUT OF IT,
ALL THE LUMPS AND BAD PARTS
AND TO WATCH AS HE
NEVER THROWS AWAY THAT CLAY.
IF IT IS NOT
FORMING AS HE THINKS IT
SHOULD OR IS NOT PLEASED
WITH HOW IT LOOKS TO HIM HE
KEEPS WORKING IT AND TURNING
IT UNTIL IT TAKES ON THE
FORM OF HOW HE WANTS IT TO
BE THEN WORKS MORE WITH IT
TO GET IT SHAPED. WHEN
FINISHED IT IS SOMETHING TO
BEHOLD!!
IT IS SOMETHING THAT
GOD FOREVER ENGRAVED IN MY
MIND AND HEART AND WITH THIS
I SHARE WHAT GOD GAVE ME TO
SHARE THIS MONTH WITH YOU
WE ARE MADE BY GOD
IN HIS IMAGE
HE TAKES US AND
MOLDS AND SHAPES US
WE CAN BE FASHIONED
ONLY BY
THE MASTERS LOVING
HAND
JESUS CHRIST
BUT WE MUST ALLOW
GOD TO FASHION US
WE MUST BE WILLING
TO SAY LORD PLACE ME ON
THE POTTERS WHEEL
AND NOT ONLY BE
PLACED ON IT BUT BE WILLING
TO STAY UNTIL WE ARE SHAPED
AND FASHIONED COMPLETELY BY
HIM
SO HE CAN MAKE US
INTO A BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
OUR DESIRE SHOULD
BE TO BE MORE LIKE JESUS
AND TO BE ALL WE CAN
BE FOR HIM
AND FOR HIS GLORY
TO BE MOLDED AND
SHAPED
TAKES TIME
TAKES TIME TO WORK
ALL THE LUMPS OUT
ALL THE WRINKLES OUT
AND ALL THE BLEMISHES
TAKES A WHOLE LOT OF
SHAPING
AT TIMES WHEN WE ARE
BEING MOLDED
AND SHAPED IT HURTS
IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE
OH YES !!
BUT IN THOSE TIMES
WE ARE BECOMING THAT
BEAUTIFUL PERSON
GODS BEAUTIFUL
VESSEL!!
WE CANNOT BE THAT
BEAUTIFUL VESSEL UNTIL
WE HAVE BEEN TURNED
AND TURNED AND SHAPED AND
SHAPED ON THE POTTERS WHEEL
BY JESUS
ONCE WE HAVE BEEN
PLACED ON THE POTTERS WHEEL
WE ARE SHAPED INTO
THAT VESSEL OF HONOR
THAT THE MASTER
WANTS US TO BE
HE MAKES SOMETHING
BEAUTIFUL WITH EACH OF US
IF WE WILL ALLOW HIM
TO PLACE US ON THE POTTERS
WHEEL
THIS MAY BE A PLACE
THAT TAKES US OUT OF OUR
COMFORT ZONES AND WHEN WE
ARE OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONES
WE GET A BIT
UNCOMFORTABLE OUCH!!
OUT OF THE COMFORT
ZONE IS NOT A COMFY PLACE TO
BE
I MUST ADMIT
BUT IT IS DURING
THAT TIME
IT IS ON THE POTTERS
WHEEL WE ARE MADE TO BE
ALL JESUS DESIRES
EACH OF US TO BE
LET US DESIRE TO BE
PLACED ON THE POTTERS WHEEL
SO THAT WE CAN BE
ALL JESUS HAS CALLED US TO
BE
FOR THE WORK HE HAS
COMMISSIONED EACH OF US TO
DO
ONLY BY HIS
FASHIONING CAN WE BE A
PEOPLE OF LOVE
AND COMPASSION TO
WIN THE LOST TO JESUS
ONLY BY THE HANDS OF
THE POTTER
CAN WE BE VESSELS OF
HONOR
YOU MAY SAY WELL I
AM NOT A BEAUTIFUL PERSON
YES YOU ARE!!
GOD IS SHAPING YOU
AND MAKING YOU
AS IT PLEASES HIM
AND YOU ARE UNIQUE
FOR YOU ARE BEING
FASHIONED BY THE MASTERS
HAND DAILY AND THAT DEAR
ONES IS
"GODS BEAUTY"
TO GOD BE ALL THE
GLORY HONOR AND PRAISE!!!!
FATHER IN THE
PRECIOUS NAME OF YOUR SON
JESUS
LET IT BE THE DESIRE
OF MYSELF AND ALL THAT READ
THIS DEVOTION
TO BE ALL YOU
HAVE CALLED US TO BE AS YOUR
DEAR CHILDREN
PLACE EACH OF US
INCLUDING MYSELF ON THE
POTTERS WHEEL DAILY
MOLD US AND MAKE US
INTO
YOUR VESSEL OF HONOR
TO BE ALL YOU HAVE
CALLED EACH OF US TO BE AND
TO DO
WE PRAISE YOU AND
GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY FOR
ALL THINGS SAID AND DONE
IN JESUS NAME
AMEN
SHARING THE WORDS TO
A SONG I SING AT CHURCHES
THE LORD WANTED ME
TO SHARE WITH YOU
THAT GOES ALONG
WITH THE DEVOTIONAL HE GAVE
ME TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL
BE BLESSED AS YOU
READ THE WORDS
"HE DIDN'T THROW THE
CLAY AWAY"
EMPTY AND BROKEN
I CAME BACK TO HIM
A VESSEL UNWORTHY
SO SCARRED WITH SIN
BUT HE DID NOT
DESPAIR
HE STARTED OVER
AGAIN
AND I BLESS THE DAY
HE DIDN'T THROW THE
CLAY AWAY
OVER AND OVER HE
MOLDS ME AND MAKES ME
INTO HIS LIKENESS
HE FASHIONS THE CLAY
A VESSEL OF HONOR
I AM TODAY
ALL BECAUSE JESUS
DIDN'T THROW THE
CLAY AWAY
NOW HE IS THE POTTER
AND I AM THE CLAY
MOLDED IN HIS IMAGE
HE WANTS ME TO STAY
BUT WHEN I STUMBLE
AND FALL
AND MY VESSEL BREAKS
HE JUST PICKS UP THE
PIECES
HE DOESN'T THROW THE
CLAY AWAY
OVER AND OVER HE
MOLDS ME AND MAKES ME
INTO HIS LIKENESS
HE FASHIONS THE
CLAY
A VESSEL OF HONOR
I AM TODAY
ALL BECAUSE JESUS
DIDN'T THROW THE
CLAY AWAY
A VESSEL OF HONOR
I AM TODAY
ALL BECAUSE JESUS
DIDN'T THROW THE
CLAY AWAY
