I considered this verse today on the way to church while meditating on the depravity of the human condition as it relates to me and house. It is a hopeful verse knowing that God is able to intervene in our lives to renew our hearts. He is sovereign over our struggles with sin and is able to cause us to stand before him in Christ. He is a faithful Father who has promised to finish what he has begun in us by Christ.
"The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: "Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words." So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do. Then the word of the Lord came to me: "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel." Jeremiah 18:1-6
Writing this I am reminded of another verse I read during worship recently.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:8-10
Praise the Lord. He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw hear to God through him. I can rest in this.
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