The Clay Was Marred... God Is Not Finished...

#1 THE CLAY WAS MARRED… GOD IS NOT FINISHED… TRUST THE PLAN!

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes)

What does heat and hot water do to butter? To a tea bag? To an egg?

WE NEED MORE THAN BAND AIDS… THE MASTER! THE CLAY! THE LESSON OF THE REVELATION: GO DOWN TO THE POTTER’S HOUSE:

Remember the commercial: I HAVE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP…? Seems we know more and more about less and less until we finally know everything about nothing. When religion becomes more and more ceremonial and traditional forms than KNOWING A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. God calls us to revival and renewal.

Jeremiah 18:1 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. 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hands.

* MAR: troubled, injured, flawed, scarred, to be impaired, to be disfigured, damaged, spoiled, to destroy.

* DISPOSABLE: Has life become disposable? Use until no longer usable, then throw it away.

TELL THE TRUTH… DO WE SEE PEOPLE AS GARBAGE/JUNK? IS IT EASIER TO THROW AWAY AND REPLACE THAN TO TEACH? JESUS TEACHES USE TO NOT SEE INDIVIDUALS AS DISPOSABLE… WE MUST TRY AND TRY AGAIN AND AGAIN. ARE WE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE 99 THAN THE 1? 100-1=99.

Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

WHAT MARS THE CLAY? DO WE LIVE IN A “THROW AWAY, DISPOSABLE AGE” ARE WE USING PEOPLE TO BUILD THE CHURCH? OR ARE WE USING THE CHURCH TO BUILD PEOPLE?

Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

God’s plans and purposes may not always be understandable to our eyes. GUESS THE QUESTION WE MIGHT ASK: WHAT DO YOU LOVE… ??? Why do I love? Why don’t I love? CAN WE SEE THE VALUE OF A SOUL?

DO I STAY EMPTY? AM I CALLED OF GOD TO STAY FULL? AM I LOOKING BEHIND ME? AT TODAY? OR WILL I CONSIDER TOMORROW? AM I WAITING TO UNDERSTAND GOD? IS GOD WAITING ON ME? LET US CLIMB UP THE MOUNTAIN SO WE CAN SEE MORE CLEARLY? HAVE I CLEARLY DEFINED MY PURPOSE? HAVE I EXPRESSED MY PURPOSE SO THAT OTHERS MAY KNOW?

Habakkuk 2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

RELIGIOUS DUTY VS AN ACT OF WORSHIP? A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP?

Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

I had a 1973 VW Bug. I made dear friends with a man named COVA MORGAN. Cova and Lola his wife were on the way to church one Sunday morning and they noticed a “knot” near their son’s belly. They stopped at a local clinic. It was not long until the report came back: IT IS CANCER. This 4 year old boy was terminal. My dad had some friends at The Oak Ridge Tennessee Hospital that was doing Radiation Experimental Research. Samuel was four years old. Oak Ridge was on the cutting edge of Radiation Research as that is where the secret project of the Atomic Bomb had been developed.

Samuel and his mom stayed in the research hospital. His dad Cova would visit and on some weekends Samuel was allowed to come home. All the friends and family gathered around. The time was so precious.

Over a period of time Samuel gradually weakened. In the research hospital the patients had to stay in their rooms. The hallways were off limits. Samuel met a little girl in the next room. They would often visit and play together. The families became dear friends both fighting the same enemy. Samuel loved his time with his friend.