Remain Soft-hearted

 Scripture:

"And yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand." Isaiah 64:8

Observation:

The prophet is speaking to the Lord in this passage. He tells the Lord that He is their father and that they are clay, while He is the potter. The last sentence is crucial, which says, "We all are formed by your hand." We must remember that throughout our lives we are being formed by God. He is always working on us. Our job is to remain soft like clay and let the potter do His work. When we harden ourselves, we cannot be shaped.

Application:

I want to be shaped by the Lord to become all He wants me to be. I want to follow His voice at all times and to do what He puts in front of me. I don't want to become hardened by life or by ministry. My goal is to remain loving, compassionate, gentle, and kind in the hands of God. I want to remain pliable in His hands. I don't want to get negative, hard, and stop being formed by the potter. I want to remain usable to be formed as He wants.

Prayer:

Father, I give You my life once again. Help me to live in such a way that I remain flexible and tender-hearted. Let my life be shaped by Your hand. Help me to stay soft and shapable so I can become all that You want me to be. Teach me Your ways and let me be more shaped by You than by the world that is always pressing.

Yours Forever,

Jeff