THE POTTER'S HAND

Song - The Potter's Hand by: Darlene Zschech


"Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say, 'He has no hands'? Isaiah 45:9

Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, "Who sees us? Who will know?" You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, "He did not make me"? Can the pot say of the potter, "He knows nothing"?

Isaiah 29:15-16

“O Lord, You are our Father. We are the clay, You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand” (Isaiah 64:8) 

“Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message” (Jeremiah 18:2).

About Potters

Perhaps most famously are these words from the classic hymn, “Have Thine Own Way” which serves as a our message title....

Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Thou art the Potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after Thy will,
While I am waiting, yielded and still.

Here are four truths concerning the Master Potter:

1) The Master Potter is always in control.
2) The Master Potter is “hands on” (genuine pottery products are not mass-produced).
3) The Master Potter takes time and changes His work a number of times in ways that can be mysterious to the observer as he works on the finished product. As living pottery, changes in our lives can be mysterious to us also!
4) The Master Potter has the ultimate good in mind for His work.

Song -Have Thine Own Way by:Pastor E.Dewey Smith Jr