Michelle
In this reading we are told about the potter. It also goes on with more of what and why God will do what he is saying he will do. What stands out is the potter's story. The devotional also focuses on this part in 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". This is read as an analogy of what God does with us. "It is often painful to be the clay. At times we are pressed, pushed, molded and remolded. Our Potter may crush us from time to time when he encounters residual clumps that need smoothing over." This is an interesting analogy in that we already know he is molding us into the people he sees us to be, however, it also talks about how we have to be crushed from time to time to get us there. With clay this is very accurate, with people, I don't think we think or want to be taught this way, but considering how often we stray, I understand why God feels the need to work us this way.
The psalm is telling us who will be welcome in God's tent, or the behaviors and heart that will be needed to enter. And if we are these things, we will never be shaken.
Julie
Thank you for sharing that. It really helps to understand when he says, "I am the potter and you are the clay," and the difficulty that he faces in shaping us as well as us being shaped.
I can't really add more than that.
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