GENTLE
PRESSURE
Jer
18:4
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.
The Lord told Jeremiah
to go down and observe the potter and his work. He watched as the raw clay was
scooped up and pounded into a moldable consistency. The lump was slapped upon
the center of the wheel and he began to spin it with his foot while his wet
hands smoothed out a usable shape. The Lord then explained that making a lovely
and useful vessel sometimes required some pounding and finally some gentle
pressure.
Last night a graduate
gave a single rose to my wife to indicate that she had been impacted by my
wife’s gentle pressure upon her life. My wife was surprised but I wasn’t. No, I
did not know about the rose beforehand, but I was not surprised. Gentle
pressure is not always appreciated but it transforms.
Do you feel the Potter’s gentle pressure
upon your life today? Maybe it is more like a pounding! Either way, God is
trying to make something beautiful and useful of you. Even “mess ups” are not a
total loss in the masterful hands of the potter. He simply starts over and
makes it into another vessel. Yield to His gentle pressure and wait for the
transformation. It’s going to be wonderful!
Dear Lord, let me yield to your gentle pressure upon
my life today. AMEN
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