The Power of the Potter

While I was in prayer, the Holy Spirit led me in a very clear direction. The Lord began to minister to me about the power of the potter.

Clay has no power over its own life.

Clay has no authority over the potter’s hands.

Once the clay is placed on the wheel, it cannot tell the potter how to shape it. If the potter intends to form a cup, the clay cannot say, “No, I want to be a plate instead.” The clay cannot dictate the process, the pace, or the pressure. It cannot tell the potter, “You’re moving too fast,” or “This hurts, I want off the wheel.”

Why?

Because the potter is in complete control.

The potter decides:

• the size of the vessel

• the weight of the vessel

• the design

• the timing

• the final purpose

Everything concerning the clay is determined by the potter.

The Lord reminded me that this is exactly how it is with our lives.

The Bible tells us that God sent the prophet Jeremiah to the potter’s house to observe his work. As Jeremiah watched the potter shape the clay, the Lord spoke and said that He has the same authority over His people as the potter has over the clay (see Jeremiah 18).

We are not different from that clay. Scripture tells us that we were formed from the dust of the ground. We are, quite literally, clay in the hands of our Maker.

And because of that, we really only have two choices.

We can sit on the wheel surrendered, yielded, trusting the process, even when it’s uncomfortable. Or we can resist the hands of the potter.

When clay resists, it becomes marred. Sometimes the potter sets it aside. If the clay remains hard, unyielding, and unusable, it risks being discarded altogether. That is not where any of us want to be resisting God until we no longer cooperate with His work.

Instead, we must willingly surrender ourselves to the wheel.

You may desire to be one kind of vessel, while God intends for you to be another. You may want to be a plate, while He is shaping you into a cup or even something you never imagined. But every movement of His hands has one intention: to form a vessel of honor.

So today, I want to remind you of this truth:

Your life is still in God’s hands.

The sooner you surrender to the process, fully and without resistance, the easier your journey will be. That doesn’t mean it won’t stretch you. It doesn’t mean it won’t press you. But it does mean it will be purposeful.

Even when you don’t feel Him.

Even when you don’t see what He’s doing.

A potter is always working.

A potter’s job is to take something that looks like nothing and turn it into something meaningful. And God is still doing that with your life and your story.

So let go of your own ideas.

Let go of your timelines.

Let go of how you think your life should look.

And say:

“Lord Jesus, You are the Potter.

I am the clay.

I surrender all.”

Amen and amen.