Let God Take Over

One morning as the prophet Jeremiah awoke the Lord told him to go to the potter’s shop. Being an obedient man, Jeremiah did as he was instructed. When he arrived he found the potter molding a vessel on his potter’s wheel, but as Jeremiah watched the potter made a mistake and marred the vessel. But instead of crying, fretting, or vexing over the damaged vessel the potter simply rolled the clay into a ball and started over.

As the new vessel began to take shape under the potter’s hands, the Lord said to Jeremiah, “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel” (Jeremiah 18:6).

Sometimes we, like the potter, make mistakes, but if we waste time lamenting, worrying, or pitying ourselves we only do more damage. When we Live in Truth we realize that mistakes, sins, adversity happen but in the next moment instead of vexing we need to simply move on and trust in the Lord. We are in His hands and we simply let Him direct us as to what should be done next. We let God take over!

As Psalm 25:12 teaches, “What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.”

Fall

Friday I spent most of the day wandering the mountains enjoying the autumn leaves. For part of the day, I took two of my grandsons to Cascade Springs. The drive there was magnificent. The rich colors were so vibrant they seemed unreal. No words can begin to describe the valley just before Cascade Springs. From the lookout you can see for hundreds of miles and all you can see are gorgeous patches of brilliant red, orange, mauve, peach, yellow and every shade of green.

As I looked out over the beautiful world God has created, it made me think a lot about the fact that the beauty I was seeing was created by Him with no help from me or any other human being. I think that my own life would be a lot more beautiful and happier if I didn’t try to interfere with what God is doing. Instead I should relax, accept, and move forward knowing that He knows what is best for me. He does good work and if I try to fight it, I only mess things up. I want my life to be like that valley. But in saying that, I have to remember that a few years ago a massive fire destroyed a great deal of that valley. We went up to see it later and instead of the beautiful scenery, there were gigantic black patches. There are still small traced of dead and blackened trees, but overall it is healed and the destruction fertilized and made way for beautiful new growth. It is now more beautiful that it has ever been. Life is like that.

(I'll post the picture of it later.)