"Whose Hands Are You In" Series

It was such a beautiful piece of art.

It was made from red clay that was not really cleaned.

*Show the clay bowl that Brandon made*

• To the unskilled, it may seem like it useful.

• You may create a piece that can be used, but what is its value?

• When a master sees or touches this clay, he can tell that it needs cleansed and made pure.

It does not matter if the vessel has been painted and enameled, it is still the same inside the covering.

There are vases that no matter how you attempt to cover the clay, it is still defective.

We will never come to the complete plan that God has for us unless we submit to His plan.

IN THE GARDEN JESUS SUBMITTED COMPLETELY: “Not my will, but thine be done.”

2. Commitment to God.

A lack of ferverent commitment to God can frustrate His original purpose for us.

The world, or society that we live in in America is an uncommitted society.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to get people to become committed to their church, even in attendance.

People who are committed to God will be committed to His house.

This is liken unto the clay before it goes on the potters wheel.

It must be carefully and skillfully kneaded to remoce any pockets of air.

Judas was submissive to Christ, but he was committed to Christ.

He had a pocket of air, and when fired or being used, it broke.

There was still something within him that he had not, or would not give up to Christ.

We may stand in church with the saints and sing “I Surrender All,” but our surrender takes place after we have left the building.

The disciples dispersed quickly in the Garden of Gethsamne, but they became committed to the cause of Christ after the Upper Room.

3. Pliable to God.

God remains free to change His intentions for our lives.

This one is a lot easier to proclaim than to practice.

4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

I want you to catch something in this verse; the pot he was shaping was marred IN His hands, not by His hands.

When we submit and commit ourselves to the master, as He shapes us, sometimes he discovers places that are marred.

If we have submitted and committed ourselves to Him, He does not throw the clay away to be destroyed, but he removes the imperfections and He puts us back on the potter’s wheel.

His plan may change, but it is for our good.

You are His masterpiece.

Although you may still be on the wheel; you are becoming the vessel of honor that He has planned for your life.

You may say, I have not submitted or committed myself to him.

I am marred, I am flawed, or I have things in me that have been taking the value away from me.

If you are a vessel headed for destruction, all you have to do is to repent, and put yourself back in the right hands.

Whose hands are you in today?