WELCOME TO THE POTTER’S HOUSE

Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My words – Jeremiah 18:2

Praise the LORD for seeing us through the first Quarter of the Year. Welcome to April, our Month of DIVINE PROCESSING. One of the greatest portraits of God and His people is the analogy of the Potter and the Clay. The eternal plan of the Heavenly Potter is on display in the Potter’s House. This Month, the Lord invites us into the Potter’s House, to behold the beauty of His Processing in the lives of His chosen and anointed ones. We’ll meditate on life lessons from the records of God’s men and women of faith in the Bible and over the ages. We’ll press into revelation, to better understand God’s purposes, principles and patterns of divine processing.

The Potter’s primary purpose is to produce vessels from clay that would be found useful to Him and to the rest of creation; that would reap profit; and bring honour unto Him. God excels in taking old worthless clay, processing and transforming it by His grace into vessels of honour and glory. He turns the “offscouring of all things” into vessels of honour. The Potter has Absolute Control over what becomes of the clay. In His hands, He makes of it what He desires – sturdy vessels used often or very delicate vessels used only on special occasions, but glorious to behold. Otherwise, some clay end up as vessels of dishonour that are unfit for the Master’s use.

On this matter of Divine Processing, the Lord requires our trusting compliance: the only duty of the clay is to yield to the will of the Potter. Beloved, it’s time to ponder and meditate: Am I totally yielded to the will of God for my life? Are there areas where I am still struggling with God to be in control? Are there parts of me that I haven’t given to the Potter…that I still try to control and work out in the energy of the flesh? As we begin this series, may the Lord cause us to hear His Words, and open our eyes to Life-transforming truths that would process us into His Image – by the working of His Spirit in us.