Thou art the Potter

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. – Isaiah 64.8

I don’t know much about pottery. I do know a little more than I used to because our daughter-in-law Holly is a brilliant potter. Pottery is interesting and I am amazed at some of the thing Holly has done. She can take a lump of wet clay and turn into beautiful and useful cups and bowls and such. She takes that clay, throws it on a wheel, turns it and with her skillful hands shapes it into an amazing result. Just a few days Holly posted a lovely array of her pottery on Facebook. Each piece was different and made for a purpose. They were crafted by her hands and according to her plans.

Isaiah uses the work of a potter to describe how God moulds and shapes His people. We may not always understand what God is doing as He moulds into masterpieces of great beauty.

Isaiah writes ‘Lord, you are our Father. We are clay in the potter’s wheel and You are the Potter. We are the work of Your hands.’

Everything we go through is part of what God is doing to shape us into the person He wants us to be. When we are in the midst of the shaping and forming it can be hard to see the end result, but God is doing what is needed to work out the flaws and specks and to produce the masterpiece of His hands that He wants us to be.

We just need to be patient and let the Master Potter work.