we are the clay

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make. Jeremiah 18:3-4

The same way that the potter took the marred vessel and turned into something good is the same as what God does to us when He saves us from our sins. Just as the first vessel the potter created, I was marred before I came into the saving grace of God. I personally, find it awesome to look back and see some of the things God has changed about me and some of the stuff that he is still changing. When you step back and look at your life, it is wonderful to see how He has changed the molding from the day He saved us to what we are now.

On the other side of that, if we cannot see the changes in ourselves from that time of conversion then we should step back and see why. God is our potter and if we are going to profess Him as the Lord of our lives we should be able to show a before and after of that. I whole-heartedly believe that there has to be a change in our mold. He uses the same clay but molds us into what He wants us to be. If there would be no reason for a change in us than there would be no reason for Him to extend grace to us. The most remarkable thing of all is the fact that God can take the broken man that I am and turn me into something beautiful in His eyes.