The clay cannot get too dry or it cannot be fashioned...
I think about Him... in the Scripture being discussed...
But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
Isaiah 64:8 ESV
He is our Potter... we... all of us... works in His hand...
The thought comes... We must stay filled with Living Water to be malleable in His hands... without the Holy Spirit we cannot be transformed...
Without Jesus... who makes the way for the Spirit... there is no transformation... no real healing... no complete restoration...
"...Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said,
'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" ---Jesus
John 7:38 ESV
The rivers of Living Water... flowing from within... keep us moist... workable... in the Potter's hand...
The Holy Spirit... provides the counsel... conviction... and capacity... for change...
Without Him... we are simply stiff-necked...
breaking...
cracking...
rather than reshaping... under His hand...
Jesus said it Himself...
"... It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. ..."
John 6:63 ESV
Self-help... will-power... useless... when it comes to lasting change...
Only through trust... obedience... and an abiding life in Him... can the Holy Spirit flow... preparing our hearts... souls... lives... to be transformed... wholly redeemed... in the Father's hands...
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing,
give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not despise prophecies, but test everything;
hold fast to what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely,
and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless
at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
1Thessalonians 5:16-24 ESV
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