Jeremiah 18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 18:2 Arise, and go down to the potter ‘s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Isaiah 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!….Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou?….
Ancient Purposes
We miss so much in our five minute miracle world. If u work w clay nowadays its already cleaned n prepared. U miss the searching n harvesting it from the earth. U miss the selection n freeing of the clay from the stones, moss n other debris. Afterwards the clay must be placed on a potters wheels. In ancient times it would be made of two stone wheels with a shaft between. The potter seated before the wheels spun the bottom stone wheel with his feet. Like ice cream on a marble slab he slap would the clay onto the spinning table. Try to envision the process. Moistening his hands he works the spinning clay. With his fingers he opens the clay. At first u see nothing then miraculously a bowl or vase emerges. Standing tall n straight u think u see the whole, yet it begins to lean. All at once the potters deft hands crush it down because the clay was marred or weak. He picks up some grog or broken shards n grinds them to dust adding them to the spinning clay for strength. Once again under his deft wet hands the maleable clay is fashioned n opened. Spinning like a dancer, the clay folds n shapes till a vase appears once more. Beautiful it seems…Yet what of the kiln or the repetitious glaze, painting n refiring? Dare the vase or shards question the handiwork of the potter? No. Only in the end do we see the use of each step. Nor is the pottery useful till His work is done. Then we see the beauty in the process. The clay being found, cleaned, spun, shaped, broken, reshaped, glazed, n fired under the wise Masters hands finds purpose after the fire. Only then does the purpose manifest that He envisioned as He scooped the clay from the earth. And that becomes clear only after He creatively breathes life into the clay with His masterful touch upon the potters wheel.
