this is an entry from my friend Phil's blog-...i loved it and thought is was well worth being read by more...
Lord if I'm the clay then lay me down on Your spinning wheel
"This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 'Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message.' So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 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." - Jeremiah 18:1-4
This morning in chapel, the guest speaker for the day talked about making decisions and asking questions. As we are going through life, we need to make sure we are asking the right questions. We need to ask ourselves if we are following Colossians 3:23..."Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men."
The speaker this morning held out a ball of clay and said that that was him in college. But he didn't give the entire ball to God. He kept some of the pieces of the ball of clay for himself. "I'll give you all of me, God, oh, except for this part, I can handle it myself, but the rest of me, its all Your's, oh wait, except this, I can handle this part too, but the rest of it is yours." The speaker did this until there was very little left for God and pieces of the original ball of clay lying all about the floor of the chapel. Then he posed to us a question that I think is very pertinent to everyone. Does God need more of you? We always talk about how we need more of God, and undoubtedly we do need more of Him and His strength in order to make it through, but when it concerns the masterpiece that God is trying to create, He needs ALL of us in order to form us to His perfect will. God needs more of me, I'll admit it right now. I haven't given God all of me. I've withheld. It sucks. It sucks knowing that I haven't done my part to allow God to finish His masterpiece.
Do you need more of God, or does God need more of you?
here is my comment---
Phil, I just wanted to let you know that i agree and think you, or the speaker, posed a good question...we are a half-hearted people and God is a whole-hearted God- so the question is why do we hold back? Have we laid down our life, have you counted it all loss compared to the surpassing greatness of know Him? Maybe in theory, but how about in praciticality and real life, day-to-day application...The next question is WHAT do we hold back? What do you cling to yet for our validation and false security...10 time out of 10 it is better to surrender, there is NOTHING better than the freedom and fullness in Christ, and there is no fullness unless there we are giving Him our full self. They are one in the same - your sister, His Bride, Kate
Lord if I'm the clay then lay me down on Your spinning wheel
"This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: 'Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message.' So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 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." - Jeremiah 18:1-4
This morning in chapel, the guest speaker for the day talked about making decisions and asking questions. As we are going through life, we need to make sure we are asking the right questions. We need to ask ourselves if we are following Colossians 3:23..."Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men."
The speaker this morning held out a ball of clay and said that that was him in college. But he didn't give the entire ball to God. He kept some of the pieces of the ball of clay for himself. "I'll give you all of me, God, oh, except for this part, I can handle it myself, but the rest of me, its all Your's, oh wait, except this, I can handle this part too, but the rest of it is yours." The speaker did this until there was very little left for God and pieces of the original ball of clay lying all about the floor of the chapel. Then he posed to us a question that I think is very pertinent to everyone. Does God need more of you? We always talk about how we need more of God, and undoubtedly we do need more of Him and His strength in order to make it through, but when it concerns the masterpiece that God is trying to create, He needs ALL of us in order to form us to His perfect will. God needs more of me, I'll admit it right now. I haven't given God all of me. I've withheld. It sucks. It sucks knowing that I haven't done my part to allow God to finish His masterpiece.
Do you need more of God, or does God need more of you?
here is my comment---
Phil, I just wanted to let you know that i agree and think you, or the speaker, posed a good question...we are a half-hearted people and God is a whole-hearted God- so the question is why do we hold back? Have we laid down our life, have you counted it all loss compared to the surpassing greatness of know Him? Maybe in theory, but how about in praciticality and real life, day-to-day application...The next question is WHAT do we hold back? What do you cling to yet for our validation and false security...10 time out of 10 it is better to surrender, there is NOTHING better than the freedom and fullness in Christ, and there is no fullness unless there we are giving Him our full self. They are one in the same - your sister, His Bride, Kate
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