Day 228 - Jeremiah 18-22

ONE-YEAR JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 228 - Jeremiah 18-22 (God is the Potter, I Am the Clay)
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"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.  Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the LORD. "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!"  (Jeremiah 18:3-6) 

Two of the the many attributes of God are these: He is good and He is the creator of all life. Because God is the Creator of all life, He can do with it as He sees fit and whatever he does is good and without a shade of injustice.  I believe that it is for this very reason that God, in our text above, told His children the Israelites, that He, being the Potter and they the clay in His hands, can do as He pleases.

For those people who may think that it is not fair that God can do as He pleases with the people He created, it is understandable that they would raise their anger towards God for their sufferings and their perceived unfairness of God.  To those of us who know and love God and His Son Jesus Christ, we still are not immune to doubting God's fairness when tragedy strikes us personally.

The key to trusting that God knows exactly what He is doing whenever we doubt God's fairness is submission.  Soldiers understand this because they are absolutely required to submit to their authority without question even when they don't think it is fair.  Shouldn't it be so much easier for Christians to be able to submit to the authority of a perfectly good and just God?

The next time you sense doubt in the Creator arising within you, raise your hands in surrender to God and throw yourself into His loving arms knowing that He is good and that He loves you and wants nothing but the best for you.