But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so the potter squashed the jar into a lump of clay and started again. Jeremiah 18:4 NLT
Sometimes God starts over with our life. Just as the potter squashed the jar he was working with and started again, God, too, will sometimes begin a new work in our life. Ultimately God is working towards an end goal. For illustration purposes, if God was a potter and He was making His masterpiece out of our life, He would have a picture of Jesus in clear site, because the final destination for our life is to mold us into the image of the Son. (Romans 8:29) Sometimes that process involves radical changes in our life. He doesn’t remove our experiences from the equation; in fact He uses them as a part of His work, but the end product will never look the same when God finishes His work. (Thankfully!)
About 8 years ago God broke every idea I had about how I was going to spend the rest of my life. I never dreamed my career would change from the business world to the ministry, but God squashed old dreams of mine in order to create a new work in my life. My life today is so different from my life then. I can see how those former experiences play into my life today and help me be the pastor I am, but my life is radically different.
God may do the same with your life. God may have extreme changes in mind for your life. You may be in the midst of that process of change now. He may take away your health, break a relationship, change your career, but He will do whatever it takes to further shape you into Christ’s image and the plans He has for you.
Don’t be afraid of change if God is controlling the potter’s wheel. You are in safe hands!
Have you seen God radically change the plans for your life? Share it with us!
(For the other posts in this series, click HERE, HERE and HERE.)
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This post is beyond words for me, honestly. It gets to the very heart of where I’m at right now with God. He’s been remolding me over the last year and the last four weeks specifically. That remolding isn’t fun, it’s not easy, and ultimately it gets really messy. I’m only now seeing it’s for my good in Him that He’s doing this. You couldn’t have told me 18 months ago this is where I’d be, and I know 18 months from now I wouldn’t have fathomed where God could put me now. I know that in my weakness His strength is made perfect, even when that’s squashing the clay I’ve given Him to work with and allowing Him to rework it for His glory.
It's always amazing to see where God takes us as we yield ourselves to Him. Thanks for sharing.
I'm almost positive that this is exactly why I lost my job and haven't gotten a new one yet. God's molded me, turned me and reshaped me in so many ways in the last year and a half and I know none of it would have happened if I had my job, or even if he had given me a new one quickly. I say that the last year and a half has sucked a whole lot, but I wouldn't trade anything in the world for it. I don't know where God is going with all of this, but I've gotten to a place where I can honestly (and joyfully) say to Him, "Whatever You want is fine with me." Thank you, Father, for yet more confirmation that You and I are headed in the right direction!
That happened to me after I sold a business and couldn’t find work. God was up to something even when I couldn’t see it.
This post is beyond words for me, honestly. It gets to the very heart of where I'm at right now with God. He's been remolding me over the last year and the last four weeks specifically. That remolding isn't fun, it's not easy, and ultimately it gets really messy. I'm only now seeing it's for my good in Him that He's doing this. You couldn't have told me 18 months ago this is where I'd be, and I know 18 months from now I wouldn't have fathomed where God could put me now. I know that in my weakness His strength is made perfect, even when that's squashing the clay I've given Him to work with and allowing Him to rework it for His glory.
Glad you are at a turning point. As God polishes up His new work…let it shine, let it shine! God uses people with a story!