Read Jeremiah 18:1-11

Tuesday

Read Jeremiah 18:1-11

The Lord said to me, ²“Go down to the potter’s house, where I will give you my message.” ³So I went there and saw the potter working at his wheel. ⁴Whenever a piece of pottery turned out imperfect, he would take the clay and make it into something else.

5 Then the Lord said to me, ⁶“Haven’t I the right to do with you people of Israel what the potter did with the clay? You are in my hands just like clay in the potter’s hands. ⁷If at any time I say that I am going to uproot, break down, or destroy any nation or kingdom, ⁸but then that nation turns from its evil, I will not do what I said I would. ⁹On the other hand, if I say that I am going to plant or build up any nation or kingdom, ¹⁰but then that nation disobeys me and does evil, I will not do what I said I would. ¹¹Now then, tell the people of Judah and of Jerusalem that I am making plans against them and getting ready to punish them. Tell them to stop living sinful lives—to change their ways and the things they are doing.

Think

Whenever a piece of pottery turned out imperfect, he would take the clay and make it into something else. - Vs 4

Pray

Something beautiful, something good, all my confusion, he understood.  All I had to offer him was brokenness and strife.  He made something beautiful of my life. (Bill and Gloria Gaither)