Potter Mentor

God’s hands that form us are skilled hands:  He knows exactly how to sculpt us into Christ’s image…

In biblical times, most potters learned their craft from their fathers.  In cities like Jerusalem, there was even a section of shops known as the Potters’ District.  Families kept studios there, and the craft was passed from father to son for centuries.  Entering such a shop, one would see the potter at his wheel while in the corner at a small table a child was playing with clay—and, yes, he would be covered head to toe in the gray, grimy substance.  An older child might be working at a small wheel, and a couple of teens at the kiln would be proudly eyeing their creations.  By the time a boy was grown, his hands were skilled, and he could alter the design of a vessel by the slightest pressure of a thumb or the scratch of a fingernail.

Similarly, God’s skilled hands hold your life, and He knows perfectly how to apply pressure, when to relax His grip, how to score your life with His fingernail, how to squeeze and nudge—all of which will make you a vessel fit for His use.  At times the Master Potter places us in the kiln where the fires of life turn us into stronger vessels for His use…

David Jeremiah, Signs of Life, p.  115