Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Potter and clay

You have everything backward! Should the potter be thought of as clay? Should what is made say of its maker, “He didn’t make me”? Should what is shaped say of the one who shaped it, “He doesn’t understand”? ~ Isaiah 29:16 (CEB)

You are only a human being. Who do you think you are to talk back to God? Does the clay say to the potter, “Why did you make me like this?” ~ Romans 9:20 (CEB)

God, you're not threatened by questions. But you are insulted by arrogance. Forgive me for presuming that I can talk back to you. Help me to accept what you are doing in the world and in my life. Sometimes the pain seems to be too much and I explode in anger. But I know that you are carrying out your plan and that eventually things are all going to workout according to your will. That's good, because I know a whole lot less than I think I know. And I most certainly know nothing compared to you. Amen.

Challenging Words
  • arrogance -- an attitude of superiority, when someone thinks he is better than others or better than the reality of who he is, prideful
  • presuming -- prideful assumption, arrogant thinking, the attitude that you are right and so everyone else must be wrong, lack of humility