At the potters hand

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: "Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message." So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 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 seemed best to him. Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said, "Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?" declares the Lord. "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
(Jeremiah 18:1-10 NIV)

God is the potter. We are the clay. God is at work shaping us. Like in Romans God created all people for a purpose. Some for common purposes and some for glorious eternal purposes. For those who follow God we are choosing to let our lives be molded in his hands.

Like Israel Gods people sometimes God needs to reform and reshape us. We become twisted from Gods intent. But what we mean for evil God uses for God.

I love that lesson from Genesis and the story of Joseph

His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. "We are your slaves," they said. But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children." And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. (Genesis 50:18-21 NIV)

Our circumstances and life are bigger than we can imagine. Somehow God is at work as our sovereign Lord working things in his plans for his good purposes in his great love for us.

Being molded is not always what I want. I pray that I would humble myself. I pray that you would use me as you choose for your glory and purposes.
Amen