Life as Clay

Isaiah 64:8 (NIV)

Yet you, Lord, are our Father. 
    We are the clay, you are the potter; 
    we are all the work of your hand. 

Think for a moment about all the things that you have allowed to mold you in your life. Friends. Family. People you look up to. School. Work. The list could go on and on with the things that we so often let mold us in our day to day lives. While we soften ourselves to the world to be conformed to what the world expects of us, so many of us harden ourselves to the one shaped us in the beginning, and should still be shaping us today. When we allow the world to mold us, we find that we are shaped into a contorted mess, something that we were never meant to be. But when we soften our hearts and surrender our lives to be shaped by our Creator, we are sculpted into the beautiful masterpiece that we were intended to be. 

Open up to God about what has shaped you in your life, and how it has affected you. If you feel God leading you, ask God to melt your heart from hardened stone to soft, moldable clay. Invite God to be your only potter and to shape you into the beautiful masterpiece that He designed you to be.

I pray that you live today empowered by the incredible masterpiece of God's that you are. Hope everyone has a great day! :)

Madelynn