TOPIC: HE CAN CHANGE IT
MEMORISE:
In whom also we have
obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Ephesians 1:11
READ: Jeremiah 18:1-6
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
MESSAGE
Over the past three days, I discussed how everything that happens on earth is according to God's design and that we are actors in His grand play. Because God is the writer of the play, He can change some things in it, such as actors, scenes, sequences, and the like, to suit His grand vision. For example, in 1 Samuel 2:30, He told Eli, "l said indeed that you and your father's house will stand before me forever, but now, I change my
mind." That is an instance of God changing the actors that would be involved in carrying out His grand vision. God is the Writer and Director of your life, and the earlier you cooperate and surrender to Him, the better it will be for you. I pray that you will never do anything that will cause God to change His mind concerning His good purpose for your life.
As the Director of your life, God can also change parts of your life that don't fit His purpose anymore. In today's Bible reading, Jeremiah was in his house when God told him to go to a potter's house because He wanted to speak to him there. If I were Jeremiah, I would have asked, "Daddy, are we not speaking already? Let's continue our conversation here." Thank God Jeremiah was an obedient fellow, and as I mentioned in the just-concluded series, obedience will keep you at the centre of God's will. He stood up immediately and went to the potter's house, where he met the potter working on a vessel. As Jeremiah watched, the vessel got damaged in the potter's hand, but instead of throwing it away, the potter remoulded it into
another vessel. By the time he was done, it didn't look like the vessel had once been damaged.
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Jeremiah 18:4
Beloved, God can change those damaged portions of your life if you surrender everything to Him. He can remould you into another vessel fit enough to fulfil His original plan for your life. Don't give up on the promises He has made to you or the glimpses of the glorious destiny that He has shown you because of negative circumstances or past mistakes. He can change everything and make your life a beautiful story of His grace-only put your trust in Him.
PRAYER POINT
Father, I surrender myself to You. Make me a vessel that is fit to fulfil Your good plan and pleasure, in Jesus' name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 27-29
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
HYMN 6: I AM SO GLAD THAT OUR FATHER IN HEAV'N
1 I am so glad that our Father in heav’n
Tells of His love in the Book He has giv’n;
Wonderful things in the Bible I see:
This is the dearest, that Jesus loves me.
CHORUS
I am so glad that Jesus loves me,
Jesus loves me, Jesus loves me;
I am so glad that Jesus loves me,
Jesus loves even me.
2 Though I forget Him and wander away,
Still He doth love me whenever I stray;
Back to His dear loving arms would I flee,
When I remember that Jesus loves me.
3 Oh, if there’s only one song I can sing,
When in His beauty I see the great King,
This shall my song in eternity be:
“Oh, what a wonder that Jesus loves me.”
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