Gospel Reflections #653: God wants our best

Jeremiah 18:3 "I went down to the potter's house. He was working with a potter's wheel."

Jeremiah was told by God, "Stand up and go down to the potter's house. There I will make you hear My words", so he did.

The potter took clay and shaped it as he liked, and what he didn't get right, he crushed and remoulded.

God said to Jeremiah: 'Can I not do to you as the potter did? You are in my hand." He said.

God does not make us do as He pleases.

He always wants our best.

It is only when we turn away from Him that He allows us to reap what we have sown and leads us to turn to Him.

Everything we are is in God's hands.

This does not mean that we are in God's control, but that wherever we go and whatever we do, He will find us, help us, guide us and meet our needs.

God's words in the Bible may be perceived as harsh, but they always come from God's great grace and unconditional love, in which He even takes responsibility for our choices.

God is able to remake us again and again, and He is able to perfect us.

We are placed here and now as God's work, which is being brought to completion.

It is not we who shape us, but God alone.

AUTHOR'S BIO: This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, who resides in Hiroshima, Japan. Masae is a dedicated student of the Bible with a deep passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on Gospel perspectives to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through a Christ-centered approach. We are sharing her insights here so that you, too, can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel and the love of God through Jesus Christ.