His Masterpiece

“Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand...” Jeremiah 18:6

When we were young, my mom would gather my siblings and I to make clay figurines. It was a lot of fun forming whatever we liked out of the clay. Sometimes there were little stones we had to remove. Sometimes the clay was too hard, and we had to add water, to press and pull on it, even pound on it, to make it malleable in our hands. My brother Robert would come out with masterpieces that even now are displayed in a glass shelf in our family home. My little sister Tina made this tiny, tiny dog and a cart and we were wondering how we were going to sell it! Whatever we made, even my awkward clay pieces, my mom would make molds of them, and we would make duplicates and sell them in the stores. The tiny dog and cart was mounted on wood, and had a sign which read, “Caution: Working dog!” Amazingly, people got amused and purchased the absurd thing! 

God is a master potter. In the 6th chapter of Jeremiah, we read, “Whenever the object of clay which he was making turned out badly in his hand, he tried again, making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.” Sometimes the clay He uses is not malleable in His hand, and He has to add water, to pound it, and press it, and squeeze it, so He can re-form it into something better. Sometimes there are stones, even bits of leaves or stems that have to be removed. The thing is God is very patient and painstaking in making ang molding us. Sometimes it is painful for us, all this pounding and pummeling, but one day, we will see what God’s hand in our life has made of us. Each one of us is unique and lovingly made by the Master Potter. Each one of us is valuable in His eyes. If we are having a difficult time now, and it seems as if blows are coming from every side, let us continue to trust in a loving and faithful God who only wants the best for us. He will not quit on us, but will continue to stretch us until He is satisfied with His masterpiece.