Isaiah 64:8

Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are the work of your hand ~ Isaiah 64:8

If you have ever gone into a showroom and visited a pottery shop, you would have seen that hand-made pottery is beautiful and lovely, all creatively made one piece at a time. No two pieces turn out exactly alike, even if their source is the same pattern. What the potter can create is limited only by his imagination. And if there is one thing clear, it is that the earthly potter’s work is absent of repetition and monotony. Through the skill of his hands he reveals the fruitfulness of his creativity. If God is our potter, what are we to think of him? To begin, look at nature. My computer screensaver displays landscapes and countries I have never been to, nor ever will, with a visual exploration of unprecedented beauty. No scene repeats the extravagance of another, yet all nature was created by the same Hand. When we look to each other, there are times when we greatly admire another for their skills and gifts, but the mistake is found in wanting to be like them. God created each one of us individually, different than anyone else. There is something God wants to make us that will reveal His glory in a unique way to the world. We are made to be a joy and service to others. That is what Christ in our lives does – He turns us outward, rather than inward. We don’t stay in the showroom, but we go out into the world to serve.

Devotion by Pastor Julia