Made in Heaven

Jeremiah 18:4 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.

The bible uses a lot of symbolism. Even Jesus told parables which are earthly stories with a heavenly meaning. When studying symbolism and allegory its easy to over read or stretch a story into meanings that simply don't exist.

When you read the symbolic message about the potter and the clay in Jeremiah 18 God made sure we couldn't miss the clear meaning of all the moving parts.

The explanation to Jeremiah was that the clay represents you and me and the potter is God.

Notice that the potter is in charge.
He chooses the clay.
He works it and stays with it spinning the clay into whatever he has planned.
When the clay, due to some inconsistency, becomes marred or out of balance, he begins to reshape it again.

The clay is never discarded.
The potter never quits.
He's an experienced potter.
He knows what he's doing.
Clay isn't smarter than him.
It doesn't tell the artisan what it wants.
Even when the mud is stubborn, the skilled craftsman has it all in hand.
The clay yields itself into the hands of the one that fashions it.

Once the vessel is shaped properly, it is put in the fire to be hardened. Some are polished, others decorated, and many are put to use immediately.
All are used !

We are in His hands. Chosen, prepared, and fashioned for the master and His plan for us.
He never...
never - never - never gives up on what He has chosen.
He loves His art because He knows the origin of what He's created.
He has redeemed me from the pit.
Simple clay...
Useless to most...
...but in His hands, something beautiful is created and fitting for the masters use.

Isaiah 64:8 Yet, O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,
that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

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