1. MWALIMU 02/08

2. the Potter’s Hand test Jeremiah 18:1-10

3. The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, “Go down to the shop where clay pots and jars are made. I will speak to you while you are there.” So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so the potter squashed the jar into a lump of clay and started again.

4. Then the Lord gave me this message: “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand. If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, but then the nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.

5. And if I announce that I will build up and plant a certain nation or kingdom, making it strong and great, but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless that nation as I had said I would.” [Jeremiah 18:1-10 NLT]

6. test the Potter’s Hand Jeremiah 18:1-10

7. And so, dear Christian friends, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you is this too much to ask ?

8. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is. [Romans 12:1-2 NLT]

9. test the Potter’s Hand Jeremiah 18:1-10

10. My prayer today: Lord, we are small creatures of clay… But we are yours… Help us to be cooperative in your Hands… Not resisting in fear… But yielding in trust… So you can lift us up and mold us to be what you would have us to be.