In my previous post, I talked about how we are the clay and the Lord is the potter. I said that just as the clay is made into the masterpiece that there would be pressure put on the clay and there would be spinning as the turning of the wheel helps smooth the pot into the beauty of God.

I quoted that Steadman talked about the pressing and the turning, that wheel stands for the turning circumstances of our life, under the control of the Potter, for it is the Potter's foot that guides the wheel. the lesson is clear. As our life is being shaped and moulded by the Great Potter, it is the circumstances of our life, the wheels of circumstance, what Browning called "the dance of plastic circumstance", which bring us again and again under the Potters hand, under the pressure of the moulding fingers of the Potter, so that he shapes the vessel according to his will.

I talked about the difficulties of when our self-will tries to fight against the pressure. I had said how I had fought my self-will and had learnt that the Lord puts pressure on us as we get shaped and smoothed. However, like most of my learning, my brain put it into the back of my head. I went straight back to my self-willed nature and tried to fight against the pressure. This was something really stupid on my part.

Fear not, the Lord is the great reminder, and well he reminded me of what happens when I do try to do things on my own steam. I went through a number of different trials and pressing situations. I did my usual thing I panicked and grew more and more out of control. It was my usual distraught self that took the life out of me. The Lord then spoke to me through a number of people to me and made me step back from the situations that were before me. It was then when the back seat was filled with my worried self, I realised it was because I tried to do it on my own. So I sat in quiet and prayed to the Potter and asked that he would let the pressure go, or if it was for learning that I would accept the pressure and let the potter do his work. After this, the situation looked more like a map that I could follow, I could see the path before me and I knew that God had taken control of these situations and the stress just lifted off.

I can be so stupid when it comes to my walk with the Lord, in Psalm 127 the psalmist writes that if we let the Lord build the house, we will be able to complete the task. And not only that, it said that we will be able to have rest that is given to us from the father. That is so amazing and something that I need to learn. And for me it is a constant learning process. I have to learn to do as it says in Colossians 3:17 that, “whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Colossians 3:17 ESV) this very same passage talks about the peace of God that passes all understanding in our hearts, for which we were called. We were called to have the peace of God dwelling in our hearts, and that is why we are to do everything bringing thanks to the lord.

What a blessing this is, all we have to do is let the Lord have the driver seat and direct us according to his plan. Simple right????