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Let God’s Hand Mold the Clay, November 25
But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our
potter; and we are all the work of thy hand.
Isaiah 64:8
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We do not know what the Lord will do for us, if we will come into
line. God sees what He can make of man. There are possibilities which
our feeble faith does not discern. “Ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s
building.”
1 Corinthians 3:9
. He sees all the now unamiable traits of
character in man, and He knows, if men will learn the meekness and
lowliness of Christ, He can mold and fashion the combative spirit, the
unamiable disposition, and bring every power of the being into working
order to advance His kingdom. He longs to refine, elevate, and ennoble
the entire life.... Through the Holy Spirit’s power He can use the very
worst characters, and make them men and women of opportunity.
Blessed is the man who by faith can get a glimpse of Christ’s faith....
Then there is a possibility of his becoming Christlike in character.... Great
light comes to man as he sees the privileges that are for him. He sees
God’s plans for him and he dies to self.... He submits to be worked....
When he submits to be as clay in the hands of the potter, then God works
the man into a vessel of honor.
Clay in the hands of the potter ... is turned again and again until
the will of the potter is wrought out in the vessel. Grace and truth will
make perfect the work of fashioning the human clay, that the glory of the
great Potter may appear in the production of a shapely vessel, molded and
polished for service.
The Potter cannot mold and fashion unto honor that which has never
been placed in His hands. The Christian life is one of daily surrender,
submission, and continual overcoming. Every day fresh victories will be
gained. Self must be lost sight of, and the love of God must be constantly
cultivated. Thus we grow up into Christ. Thus the life is fashioned
according to the divine model.
Let the hand of God work the clay for His own service. He knows just
what kind of vessel He wants.
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