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THE POTTER AND THE CLAY-2

Text :   Isaiah 64:8.

But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.

God is the divine potter and humans are the clay. But not many people are truly pliable in the potter's hand because they are not willing to surrender to the process.

Obviously, the clay goes through a lot of processes before arriving at the final stage or product. We definitely can't look into these processes but we'll touch on three of them.

At every stage of our lives,  God is moulding us into what He wants us to be and when He's done with each phase, He opens us up to the fire (drying) process. Once you cooperate with this process, He will open you up to the next phase.

There are three main stages of firing (drying) clay.

The first stage is the drying process.  Clay needs to be bone dry before it’s fired. At this point, the potter had already moulded something but he needs to expose the clay to air dry it and later sun dry it as the case may be. 

In as much as you breath in air and you are under the sun, you will be faced with some challenges which God had permitted into your life in order to strengthen you.

Jesus Christ said  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33.

The second stage is bisque firing.  During the bisque fire, soluble greenware clay is transformed into ceramic material.  

The third stage is the glaze fire.  

All the three stages of drying clay has to do with application of heat (or fire) on a progressive note. 

Note, that the potter applies heat not so He can destroy the clay but so he can make it stronger and durable.

Any clay that is not heated up will eventually crack and fall apart. If you don't want to crack and fall apart, don't run away from the heating process of God. 

BIBLE READING: Jeremiah 18:1-17.


PRAYER FOCUS


1.) Father God, I receive the grace to trust you and follow your design for my life.


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