Jeremiah 18 is the story of the potter who makes one vessel and isn’t happy with it. He then remakes the vessel and is satisfied. The potter is a symbol of the Lord. The Lord can take you and mould you, until He is satisfied.
Further on in the verse, the Lord’s wrath is put to the test, as the people can’t, or aren’t, following God’s commandments. We need to remember; Jeremiah is a prophet of the old testament and this is the God of the old testament, the old covenant. Today we stand upon the new testament. We’re now under a new covenant, one in which Jesus appeals to God on our behalf. That doesn’t mean we’re given free rein to act belligerently, but rather to continually put God first and think about what He would like us to do in any given situation.
Today we do all we can and then stand. Ephesians 6:10-20 speaks that we’re to put on the armour of God and stand. We don’t stand in our own strength however; we stand in all the power and might of Jesus Christ.
Jeremiah and Ephesians – both from two different eras. One speaks about the wrath of God, the other about the love of Christ. Today we’re in the new era, where Jesus (who loves us greatly) pleads on our behalf and God sees us through His Son, forgiving all our shortfalls. In the meantime, we’re to keep moving forward in Jesus, not remain static, or go backwards.
How do we continue to move forward, when we all fall so far short of perfection? We do it by daily putting on the armour of God; by reading His word, by believing in His Son, having the faith of things hoped for, but not yet seen.
Your mind is as soil; it will grow whatsoever you plant, so be sure to plant joy, generosity, peace, love and laughter, for what you put into your soil is what you get out of it You reap what you sew. Plant in the soil of His word and don’t ever stop weeding, watering and fertilizing. Maintain that soil, so as to produce the best crop in all areas of life.
When you stop, when your devotional life goes to sleep, your past life wakes up – in other words; you stop walking with God and move back into those same situations that you were trying to overcome. You see, nobody goes to sleep spiritually, without their devotional life goes to sleep first. What happens is, if we don't pray, we will stray. We need to remain active in our prayer life and our bible study, if we want to continue to have success in all our endeavours.
So, read your bible, pray whatever it is you want, as well as what your heart desires; put on the whole armour of God and stand. Don’t quit until you see your desire made manifest, for the Lord promises not only to meet our needs, but our desires as well.
God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.
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