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The Potter
“But now, O Lord, Thou art our Father; we are the clay, and Thou our potter; and we all are the work of Thy hand … . Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels” (Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 18:3).
Recently, while in Germany, my wife and I visited a pottery factory and bought a few small items to bring home as gifts. It brought to mind the hymn writer, Charles Wesley (December 18, 1707 – March 29, 1788), who wrote this line in one of his hymns:
“Mold as Thou wilt Thy passive clay.”
Someone has said, “There is a passive and an active side to obedience.” Passive obedience involves a willingness to be molded by the hands of the divine Potter in whatever way He sees as fitting and best. Often, He has to pass us through hard things more than once to make us what He wants us to be. “And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it” (Jeremiah 18:4). Then we can put into motion active obedience regarding the instructions given to us in His Word, the Bible.
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