In Isaiah 29, the prophet uses the analogy of the potter and the clay.
Put another way, the potter is the creator, and the clay becomes what the potter makes of it.
In the same sense, God is our Creator, and we are His creation.
God creates us to serve His purpose, and we, the created, should not question God’s intent.
Isaiah 29:16 (NRSVue) - You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay? Shall the thing made say of its maker, “He did not make me,” or the thing formed say of the one who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul reminds his audience of this fact.
But Paul expands on this.
Ephesians 2:10 (NRSVue) - For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.
God is the Creator.
We are the creation.
And we are created “in Christ” to do good works.
Moreover, these works were planned for us before we were created.
Let us return to the potter and clay analogy for a moment.
The potter decides what he will make of the clay beforehand.
Perhaps it will be a vase.
Perhaps it will be a bowl.
Perhaps it will be something entirely different.
The potter decides and the clay responds to his touch.
Likewise, we respond to His touch through the Holy Spirit.
We can then fulfill the need for which we were created.
We can then lead those in our midst out of the darkness and into the light.
Then, they too may see that they were created for His purpose.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
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2026.
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