QT 03/06/2025 Tue. Jeremiah 18 Potter and the Clay: A teaching in God’s Sovereignty, Discipline and Grace. 陶匠与泥土:关于上帝的主权、管教和恩典的教导。
QT 03/06/2025 Tue. Jeremiah 18 Potter and the Clay: A teaching in God’s Sovereignty, Discipline and Grace.
READ http://www.esv.org/jer18
Don’t resist the wheel. Lean in. Let the Master Potter do His work.
📖 Devotion: "Shaped by the Potter"
Scripture: “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.” — Jeremiah 18:6 (ESV)
🔍 Reflection
In Jeremiah 18, God instructs the prophet to go down to the potter’s house. There, Jeremiah sees a potter working at the wheel. When the pot he is shaping becomes marred, the potter doesn’t discard it. Instead, he reshapes it into another vessel, as it seems good to him.
God uses this image to speak to His people. He says, “Can I not do with you as this potter does?” This is a message of both warning and hope.
🛠️ 1. God Is Sovereign Over Our Lives
The potter has complete control over the clay. In the same way, God has authority over us. This is not a threat, but a comfort. The One shaping us is not careless or cruel — He is loving, wise, and intentional.
🧎♂️ Are we yielding to His hands, or are we resisting His shaping work?
💔 2. Brokenness Doesn’t Mean Abandonment
The clay in the potter’s hands was marred — flawed, imperfect. But the potter didn’t throw it away. He reworked it.
That’s the grace of God: Even when we mess up, He doesn’t discard us. He reshapes us. He disciplines those He loves — not to punish us, but to redeem and restore.
🙌 Praise God that failure isn’t final when you’re in His hands.
🔄 3. We Must Respond to God’s Molding
Jeremiah 18 is also a warning: if we harden our hearts or resist His correction, we may miss out on what He desires to do in us and through us. But if we repent, if we listen, He is always willing to shape us anew.
🛐 Let this be a call to surrender. Let God mold your life, your character, your future.
🙏 Prayer
Lord, You are the Potter, and I am the clay. Forgive me for the times I’ve resisted Your hands or questioned Your plan. Shape me into a vessel that brings You glory. Even in my brokenness, I trust that You are making something beautiful. Teach me to yield, to listen, and to trust Your work in my life. In Jesus’ name, amen.
📣 Challenge
This week, ask: Where in my life is God shaping me right now?
(1) Is it through a trial?
(2) A conviction of sin?
(3) A calling I’m afraid to obey?
QT 03/06/2025 星期二. 耶利米书 18 陶匠与泥土:关于上帝的主权、管教和恩典的教导。
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/Jer/18/
不要抗拒车轮。靠拢。让陶匠大师完成祂的工作。
📖灵修：“窑匠的塑造
经文 “ 以色列家啊！难道我不能待你们像这陶匠所作的一样吗？”这是耶和华的宣告。”看哪！泥在陶匠的手中怎样，以色列家啊！你们在我的手中也必怎样。- 耶利米书 18:6
反思
在耶利米书 18 章中，神指示先知下到陶匠的家里。在那里，耶利米看到一位陶匠在车轮前工作。当他正在塑造的陶器变得残缺不全时，陶匠并没有将其丢弃。相反，他把它重新塑造成另一个容器，因为这对他来说是好的。
上帝用这个形象对他的子民说话。他说："难道我不能像这个陶匠那样对待你们吗？这既是警告，也是希望。
🛠️ 1. 神是我们生命的主宰
窑匠可以完全控制泥土。同样，上帝对我们也有权柄。这不是威胁，而是安慰。塑造我们的那一位不是粗心或残忍的--祂是慈爱、智慧和有意的。
🧎♂️ 我们是屈服于祂的双手，还是抗拒祂的塑造工作？
💔 2. 破碎并不意味着放弃
陶匠手中的泥土是有缺陷的，是不完美的。但陶匠并没有把它扔掉。他重新加工了它。
这就是上帝的恩典： 即使我们搞砸了，他也不会丢弃我们。祂重新塑造了我们。祂管教祂所爱的人--不是为了惩罚我们，而是为了救赎和恢复。
🙌 赞美神，当你在祂手中时，失败并不是最终的结果。
🔄 3. 我们必须回应神的塑造
耶利米书第 18 章也是一个警告：如果我们刚硬心肠或抗拒神的纠正，我们可能会错过神希望在我们身上和通过我们做的事。但是，如果我们悔改，如果我们聆听，祂总是愿意重新塑造我们。
让这成为一个降服的呼召。让上帝塑造你的生命、性格和未来。
祷告
主啊，你是陶匠，我是泥土。原谅我曾抗拒你的手或质疑你的计划。将我塑造成一个能为您带来荣耀的器皿。即使在我破碎的时候，我也相信你在创造美好的事物。教导我屈服，倾听，相信您在我生命中的作为。奉耶稣的名，阿们。
挑战
本周，请问：神现在正在我生命中的什么地方塑造我？
(1) 是通过试炼吗？
(2) 更晓得自己的罪？
(3) 我不敢顺服的呼召？
