God’s messy work   1 comment

The sermon today was about that potter in Jeremiah. The takeaway: God is deeply involved in our lives. Forming us into something worthwhile is a messy business. God pushes us, smashes us. Molding requires pressure, and gets mud all over God’s hands. If we resist God, we end up useless paperweights. But if we allow ourselves to be changed, we can be shaped into something useful, and then maybe covered in a beautiful glaze. But if we resist, if we turn from what God is trying to make us, eventually, God will give up. Useless paperweights we will be. Forever.

It’s true! Spiritual immaturity is useless. You can tell the people who refuse to become what God is trying to make them into. They aren’t much use. Is God asking you to grow up? Is God asking you to surrender your will in favor of his? Be mindful of the ways God is pushing you. He is trying to make you into something. And your resistance is more dangerous to your soul than you might think. After all, you are either with God or not. There is no in-between. and being with God means doing what God asks. Loving the people in your life. Being a positive contributor to your community. Changing your priorities in response to God’s pushing and molding. If you don’t go along with God, you can say all you like about loving God, but you aren’t doing it.

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  1. Very nice, and absolutely Truthful. Thank you.

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