The weather outside
is frightful, inside it's so delightful.....
Last night and early
this morning, we had a ice storm come through our area. We
were unable to attend service with the saints, so we had
family devotion time in our home.
Isaiah 64:8 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.
Using this
scripture as her text, Megan (11 years old) led a Bible study on
the clay and the potter Sunday morning. As Christians, we are
to be like clay in the potter’s hand so He can mold and shape
our lives according to His will. We discussed how clay can
become hard when neglected and left to sit out in the air.
Likewise, if we neglect our Christian experience for awhile, we
will begin to harden towards God and His efforts to shape us.
Sometimes
the clay has to be worked and reworked before it makes a vessel
that the potter can be proud of. Similarly, in our life, there
are times when mistakes or imperfections need to be “worked out”
of our vessel before God shapes us into a finished product.
Mistakes are inevitable and a part of the Christian growth
experience. Thankfully, God won’t throw the whole lump away but
will work with it patiently until it produces the vessel He
wants.
We are
thankful to God for laying it upon Megan’s heart to bring this
lesson. She studied and came forward on her own, asking
permission to bring a lesson. It is good to see that God is
moving on the hearts of the younger ones to pursue their own
private devotional time with Him. Surely, God is shaping the
youth into vessels He can use for His glory.
