Yielding To The Master's Touch

"The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it" (Jeremiah 18:1-4).

Listen at this quote by Oswald Chambers: "(As a Christian) the characteristic of my life is that I yield myself so completely to God that Christ is formed in me."

Just as Jeremiah needed to learn something about being yielded to God, we must also learn to yield ourselves to God's pressure. There are three things Jeremiah saw when he went to the potter's workshop.

First, he saw the clay. The second thing Jeremiah saw was the potter's wheel. The third thing that Jeremiah saw was the potter. What was the meaning of all this? Jeremiah saw a picture of God molding the nation of Israel but it goes much deeper than just the nation of Israel. God's desire is to shape us to look more like His Son, Jesus Christ in the way we live our lives.

Yielding means inclined to give or bend under pressure. We must be willing to surrender our lives to God. It is when we allow God to apply the pressure to shape us into what He wants us to be that we are able to fulfill our destiny through Him.
God doesn't take delight in bringing pressure. He doesn't relish the thought of tribulation or trials in our lives. "For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men" (Lamentations 3:33). He takes no delight in it at all.

Jesus Christ is our potter, and He proved your importance to God when He died for your sins on Calvary's cross. And that means that the hands that are bringing the pressure are hands that love you so much that they only want the best for your life and mine.