The Touch of the Master's Hands

<sup>Isaiah 29:15-16

15</sup> Woe to those who go to great depths
to hide their plans from the LORD,
who do their work in darkness and think,
“Who sees us? Who will know?”
¹⁶ You turn things upside down,
as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,
“You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,
“You know nothing”?

Jeremiah 18:4

But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

Romans 9:21

Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

Jeremiah 29:11

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Proverbs 3:5-6

⁵Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

I can't decide if that "molding" God does in our lives is painful, or more like a genuine spiritual back massage. :) Dunno. I think it depends a lot on how we choose to look at it. If we are brittle, it will hurt. If we just release our tension, and take the pain, knowing it will make us what we want to be in Jesus, then it can be an exhilarating experience! And I guess some of us are happy to be molded and shaped - even in pain. But we continue to undo the progress. Like we were reading tonight in Corinthians when Paul found out that there was sexual immorality within the brothers. He didn't mince any words, peeps. I'm telling ya, it was brutal. Why are we so careful when we tread on ground with our fellow believers that is strikingly wrong? Are we scared taht we will be judged in like manner? Cuz, yeah, we sure enough will. But is that enough to keep us from helping mold EACH OTHER? I think every last one of us has that dark spot in our hearts where even we don't go. Cuz there's thing hidden there that we don't want anyone to know about. But if we truly are forgiven and set free, why do those things embarrass and scare us anymore? Maybe because we haven't let God work on those dark spots?

I'm as guilty as anyone. Thing is, when I think about it logically....we only have so many years here on earth before, doggone it, everyone's gonna know about it anyway. Let's be a vessel in the master's hand NOW. While we have an opportunity to be used in making heaven someone else's destiny. Let's get those dark corners cleaned. Let's make our hearts a haven for our betrothed, and a welcome place for our Father. I want to feel him smile on me as my heart gets shaped, molded, pushed, prodded, and changed byt the touch of the master's hands.

:)