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explains that at the potter’s house you will see that My people
are like clay.

I would like to invite you to use your imagination and to come
with me and the prophet to the potter’s house. What did he see?
Jeremiah 18:3, “Then I went down to the potter’s house, and
there he was, making something on the wheel.” The potter was
making something on the wheel. Jeremiah didn’t know what
but the potter knew what he was making. The clay didn’t know
but the potter knew. He was making something on the wheel.
In his mind the potter had a plan. He had a blueprint and he had
a purpose. He knew the end. There was nothing arbitrary. He
was making something.

When I was a child I played with modeling clay. I was not a
potter. My uncle would come and say (they called me
“Butchie”), “Butchie, what are you making?” I said, “What
does it look like?” He said, “It looks like a turtle.” I said,
“Okay, I’m making a turtle.” He would ask again, “What are
you making?” And I would take another piece of clay and was
asked, “Butchie, is that an ash tray?” I said, “Yes.” I had no
plan. I made a ball. I made a pancake. I made a snake but I
had no purpose.

When Jeremiah went to the potter’s house he saw the mind of
the potter and that he was making something. It’s not a game
with God. Pottery is His vocation. It’s not His hobby. He’s
not trying to amuse Himself with clay. You are not an
experiment with the Lord. When He deals with us, He has in
His mind what He is doing. He’s determined to make each of
us according to His purpose and knowing how great the Lord
is, it’s a wise and loving purpose.

The clay doesn’t know what is going on. It’s not going to help
for the clay to get fussy and complain. The clay can’t kick and
rebel and can’t murmur. It knows nothing. Especially, the clay
can’t give the potter advice. The clay must just allow the potter