The Potter and the Clay | Spiritual Formation with Brian Delamont (Ep. 230)

In this first week of the new series on word pictures in Scripture, Brian Delamont traces the imagery of the potter and the clay throughout the Old and New Testaments. Brian describes a potter’s house and the actions of the potter to powerfully illustrate the relationship of the sovereign, merciful Creator with His beloved creation.

• “The narrative arc of the gospel has an image that flows from Genesis to Revelation.”
• Jeremiah 18:1-10
• “Just as the potter can form and reform the clay as many times as he wants into whatever he wants, God can form us.”
• “The Potter is in full control. He has a design and He has an outcome in mind, and He’s going to accomplish His good intentions as He works with the clay.”
• Jeremiah 29:11
• “In exile, even then, God is actively shaping and forming and He’s good and He’s in control.”
• Isaiah 29:13,15-16
• Isaiah 45:1,8-19
• “One of the things that we can do that’s most helpful for our own flourishing and for God’s Kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven is for us to acknowledge His will and His way.”
• Isaiah 64:6-9
• “It’s not about my performance; my righteous acts just don’t measure up, but God still wants to intervene.”
• Romans 9:20-25
• “God reveals His heart to make His glory known to us and rather than have us be objectives of His wrath, we become objects of His mercy.”
• “It’s not because I’m such an amazing lump of clay and I have such incredible skill. It’s because the Potter is the master craftsman who knows exactly what it takes to work with me [...] so that I can be and become all that God intends.”

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October Reflection: What is my dialogue with the Potter, and am I ready to listen rather than speak? Where do I feel the Potter’s hand of pressure on me, and am I yielding to the pressure of His sanctifying hand?

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