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Posted By: gfccbrother
Sunday, January 4, 2009
God Is The Potter, We Are His Clay
I'm going to jump right into the word today, are you hungry? I am. And not just because I'm on a fast. 
I like how Paul says, "My conscience is ruled by the Holy Spirit." That is how we should live, ruled by the Holy Spirit.
In Romans 9:3 Paul wishes that he were cursed and cut off from Christ if that would help his Jewish brothers and sisters. I have been there. I've seen a sister that should not have been lying in a bed in a coma and I prayed for God to take me instead of her who had so much to live for. Yet the Lord's will was that she go home to Him instead of me giving up my right to Christ. That is the loving Father who does what He knows is best.
God never reneges (to go back on a promise or commitment). His promises are always kept. Some thought he reneged because some didn't make it to the promise land. Paul explained that not all of the people were God's true children. So then of course people claimed that God was unfair.
Paul says, no way is God unfair. No Way! God is God and He chooses who he pleases. We may think that is unfair. Ever seen someone that has been blessed richly spiritually and you thought they didn't deserve it? Well, we are not God. That can be a hard one to grasp. Romans 9:16 says God's chooses the one not because of what they want or try to do. Remember, God can make the rocks cry out in worship to Him. God uses the weak to humble the proud so that God's name will be talked about in all the earth.
Romans 9:18 caught me funny. God make stubborn the people he wants to make stubborn. How funny is that? So you know those stubborn people you know...God made them that way. I guess we should praise God for making those people stubborn because that is His will. Stubborn people try our patience and we have learned that patience produces good in us. Romans 5:4.
Questioned God lately? I have in a way. I mean, isn't that the human way? WHY GOD, WHY!? We are God's masterpiece, we should not ask the Master why he made us or someone else the way we our they are. God is the potter, we are the clay. He molds us into what is useful to Him. If we are to be great ministers of the Word, He will make us that. If we are to be prayer warriors, He will make us that. He will make us into what He wants, not always what we want. We should accept that and praise Him fro what He has made us.
Do you see that God in the same way wanted to show people His anger, but He stayed with those people He was angry with, people who were ready to be destroyed. He had patience with them so He could show His glory through His mercy. I'm learning her, how about you? I'm learning how to deal with difficult people and understand why they are the way they are.
The people of Israel tried to make themselves right by following the law, but they did not succeed. Why would we think we could? We can only be made right with God by our faith in what Christ did for us. Trust in Christ, not yourself.
Can you feel the Potters hands molding you today. Trust Him to make you into a beautiful piece of art that only He can make you into. Don't ask Him why you are the way you are, just trust Him, He is your Father.
In God's Love,
GFCC Brother
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