God Speaks I Listen

Jeremiah 18: 1-4 ¹ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: ² “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” ³ So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. ⁴ But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

Did you ever see those makeover shows on TV and the person comes out looking like a hot mess and then “woola!” they come back out and they look amazing?  Well God does makeovers like that too.  We can be a spiritual hot mess….but the master has all the right stuff to make us beautiful inside…..a makeover.

God said to me today I need a makeover, a remolding, a renewal, a refreshing, a change and a reshaping. No He was not talking about my full figure self ( well maybe that too) but me as a child of God, who I am as a person…..my attitude, my emotional self, my mind, my behavior, well….all of me. OUCH! I recently read this scripture Psalms 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:  I said to myself no way because I know that there are things I don’t want to face about myself and then wait for a trial that the Master will use to fix me.

Even as I write this I feel bad about thinking that way. I have a lot of trials going on in my life right now so I don’t want any extra test and trials….but wait…….these ARE the trials and test that are remolding me!!! ….Whew!  I’m wiping my brow right now! I have told the Lord to change anything He doesn’t like about me in the past during intense prayer.

This is why I need to get into that secret place with the Lord because when I am that deep in His presence I am so much more submissive to His will because I feel His powerful presence ….I’m more aware of my weak flawed flesh. I’m so humbled before my almighty Father. His Holiness is too much for me to even gaze at. God looks at my heart when I’m deep in the spirit of prayer and He finds things and reveals them to me then I confess my sins to Him and Jesus forgives me. He will fix the problems we have through trials and test so you will learn to not do the negative sinful things again. Come on now…. you know how we humans are….let’s be real…I know I’m not the only one. I want to do right things all the time but like it says in the bible…..the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. (Matt.26:41).

I wrote this poem in 1992:

Potter’s Wheel

Help! I’m on the potter’s wheel again

It seems to have no beginning

It seems to have no end

Help me to have patience, perseverance, obedience, and trust

If you don’t help me Lord

I feel I will bust

I’m spinning you see, almost out of control

I can see you’ll get the Glory

As my Story unfolds

Your tender mercy, is just what I need

With your amazing Grace

I know I’ll succeed

Message for today:  Don’t jump off the potter’s wheel….hold on……trust the Master’s skills…..Pray for endurance while He works on you!  I can tell you with 100% assurance we will come out PERFECT in the end. Are you ready for your makeover?

Psalms 91: 11, 12  For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; ¹² they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Today God reminded me of 3 wonderful gifts that He has given me. There are many others but this is what I needed to hear today.

Angels have many duties for God and one of their duties is to take care of me….and you.  I could list out the many things angels have done for us in the past but you might want to do your own study because it’s a lot of examples in the bible. God wants me to know He has provided SUPERNATURAL assistance for us 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year…. for every second of our living here on earth. That is awesome people!!! How special is that? Wow!

The next thing He told me this morning is He has put EVERTHING we need to know about Him and life in the bible. The bible is the bestselling book in the world! It has survived the most critical scrutiny and is still powerful because it is the living word of God. Once you read it it’s in your mind and heart and the Holy Spirit will bring the word of God right back to your mind when you need it.  Oh I so needed to remember this today.  Thank you Lord!

So let’s see….we have angels….the living word of God…the bible and we have love.  Love is a gift God gave the world.  (John 3:16) He gave us and show’s us what love is and we are able to give and receive love. I think if we as humans don’t receive love we would get very depressed and eventually lose our mind. ( To get love we need to give love….a little hint for today)

This morning as God is ministering to me I feel His love and not only His love but other love that He’s given me through other people on earth…my very loving husband, my wonderful adult children who have been showing me soooo much love(thank you..I love you too) my parents, family and friends.

Because of the message the Lord has given me today I feel good in my heart right now. It’s His love is working in me and for me.

Message for today:  God is all over me!! My comings and my goings are covered.  I should not walk in fear…..I am blessed!