Thoughts for another day

Aug. 15, 2011

Today's verse: Is. 64:8. But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

What better expression can our hearts imbibe than that in our Word today: Thou art our Father; we're the clay, and Thou art our Potter… we're the work of Thine hand.  O Blessed God who gives to all wisdom to understand the deeper things you send us, let all who are reading this, understand and know that You O LORD God are our Father and we the children which You begot for Yourself, so that we might live in You and know the riches of Your glory which we inherit in Christ Jesus.

When we call Him Father, we mean that when we know not how to walk, He holds our hand and He leads us to a safe perch.  When we're bogged down by the loads of life and when everyone is baying for our blood, He stands like the pillar of cloud and pillar of fire which came in between His children, the children of promise and the children of destruction.  When our enemies sneer in glee, He upsets their boats of comfort and swipes them into the cold waters right in front of us, so we can now sneer back.  Yeah, when we're in trouble, He sends us His Word of comfort which speaks to the marrow of our bones and soothes it so that the trouble which is the vessel of the evil one, turns out to be nothing but a raft of paper -  a blob of water and its gone!  So he does for us who call upon His Name and it is because he is our Father.

When we call Him the Potter and ourselves the clay, we mean that He is the One who will chisel out our weaknesses.  He will remove all the warts and welts which mar our appearances and make us like that fine sculpture kept in high places to be admired by all; simply because we're precious to Him and He loves us.  He will correct the course of our lives when we falter; making us vessels of pride before Him, for He loves us and after all He is the Potter isn't He.  Blessed are we of our Father and Potter who calls us today to come, commune with Him; to understand Him and enjoy the shade of His power in the verdant abode of His dwelling place.