“Yet you, Lord, are
our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand”
Isaiah 64:8
I remember a toy from
a while back called “Stretch Armstrong”.
It was a male action
figure made of some type of rubber material.
You could stretch and
twist his limbs any which way and they would not break.
Compare that toy with
some crystal water goblets we have at home.
They are lovely to
look at but very, very fragile.
They come out only on
special occasions and must be handled with kid gloves.
Unlike Stretch Armstrong,
they do not bend or twist.
They are delicate
pieces meant to be handles as such.
You know where I am
going with this…
Which are you in the
hands of God?
Are you pliable and
able to be conformed to His image?
Or
Are you delicate,
lovely to be looked at, but unyielding to any type of pressure?
Do you surrender to
His hands shaping and forming you or do you prefer to stay as you are?
Maybe, like the
crystal goblet, you ‘present well’ to others but God does not find a vessel
willing to be shaped by His hands. You come out on special occasions like
Christmas and Easter but are certainly not someone who would change their
schedule (let alone their life plans) because God requires it!
On the other hand,
maybe there is some elasticity in you…you are like Stretch Armstrong in the hands
of God.
Your prayer is that
you would always surrender to His shaping and forming of your life even when He
stretches you in ways you had not anticipated.
Can words like ‘durable’,
‘flexible’, ‘conformable’ describe you when it comes to doing Gods’ will?
Maybe your answer is:
“I try to be but I have to admit, sometimes I am more like the crystal than I want
to be.”
That is a wonderful
place to start as you pray and ask God to make you more pliable to His work in
your life.
Lord:
We desire that change
that forms us more closely to your image and not simply change for changes
sake.
May we surrender and not resist the forming
and shaping you desire to accomplish in each of us.
We surrender to your
will.
In the Name of Jesus
Christ we pray.
Amen.
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