What will you become in in the days ahead? That depends on the pattern used and the skill of the one using the pattern. God is the only trustworthy designer and He has a pattern in mind for you and me. In Jeremiah 18 the prophet said, "Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make."
What Jeremiah saw is a picture of the relationship between God and us. Our lives are like the clay vessel in the potter's hand. The mars come as a result of our squirming about as the Potter attempts to mold and shape us. However, whenever our resistance produces a defect, the Potter patiently works on us according to the pattern He has in mind. That pattern is none other than God's Son, Jesus. In Romans 8:29 we are told that all those whom God knows to be his He has determined will be conformed to the image of his Son.
Each day we will be confronted by various circumstances and challenges. God desires to take these problems and make them projects in the formation of Christ's image in us. As we willingly submit to the Potter's hand through the process we will become more and more like Jesus. Today is the first day of the rest of lifr. Let us enter into it with the confidence that the Designer is active and the design is perfect and allow our lives to become the vessel He has in mind.
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