Molded

I love working with clay. I also love watching someone who is super talented in molding and shaping things. It’s fun to see something created. I often marvel at the creative genius of The Lord and how He created something from nothing. He is the Ultimate Creative Genius.

As I was reading about how Solomon assembled all of the artisans and talented people to build the temple and furnish the temple, I was amazed at the resources used for this building. There was no expense spared. They created molds to make the bronze utensils, bowls, etc… Check this out…

Huram-abi made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the Lord, just as King Solomon had directed. ¹⁷ The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan. ¹⁸ Solomon used such great quantities of bronze that its weight could not be determined. (2 Chronicles 4: 16b-18 NLT)

These beautiful pieces were created first in an expendable material – clay. The clay was shaped properly before being filled with melted bronze or gold.  The clay was less expensive, but necessary for the finished product.

I want my life to be molded by the Lord.
I want my life to be poured into a mold created by the Lord.

I’m ok with my life being used to form a more beautiful piece. I am expendable before the Lord. I want Him to use my life to bring honor and glory to Him. Check this out….

⁸ And yet, O Lord, you are our Father.
    We are the clay, and you are the potter.
    We all are formed by your hand. (Isaiah 64:8 NLT)

The created (me) doesn’t tell the Creator (God) what to make. I’m simply a moldable, shapable lump of clay in The Creator’s hands.  I want to be shaped and molded however He wants.  My role is humility, surrender and service to the Potter.

Pressing On!

Dwayne