Lord Take The Wheel!

The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you 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 he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.

Jeremiah 18:1-4 

 

It's never fun when we have to endure change.  It's not comfortable and it's usually not going to happen at the most opportune time....according to us.  Therein lies the key: God brings change, but we are never ready for the change God brings into our lives.

 

Have you ever watched a true potter working a potter's wheel?  They make it look SO easy, that I find myself envious of their skill.  But I got to talk with one potter who was making a cup.  He was almost finished making the cup when he stopped, took the clay, wadded it back into a blob, and started over.  I asked him later why he did that.  He said, "The cup needed to be changed."  No other explanation was given, and for him, no other explanation was required.  He made the cup into the cup HE needed to serve the purpose HE had planned.

 

Time for me to get preachy, so either get some coffee or go wander through Facebook.  God does the exact same thing with us.  God has a plan for us (Jeremiah 29:11) and HIS job is to fulfill that plan. 

 

Paul tells us in Philippians 1:6 - "And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns."  

 

God's ultimate plan for us comes in stages.  Just as an infant must grow in stages to toddler then child to awkward adolescent to young adult to middle aged to senior adult to wizened elder.  Each stage requires change!  If I had my choice, I would have stopped the process when I was 21 years old, I felt like I could conquer the world and nothing could stand in my way because I had ALL the answers.  And boy was I an IDIOT!   With each change in life come challenges which, hopefully, prepare us for the next stage.  But in ALL these changes, God is fulfilling His plan for our lives.

 

It's way past time for me to tell God to "PLEASE TAKE THE WHEEL!" I don't want God to be my co-pilot, I need Him to be the PILOT!