"The POTTER and the CLAY!"

 “...Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel." (Jer. 18:6b)

As I continue to study the Anatomy of the Hand of God, the Holy Spirit has given me the following revelation of the relationship between the Potter (the Lord God) and the clay (mankind):

• The vessel (clay) was always under the authority of God;
• There are three (3) "wills" involved in this relational equation: the will of God; the will of mankind and the will of Satan;
• God made the clay;
• The clay was "marred" (contaminated) by the will of man to obey the will of Satan;
• God placed the clay back on the wheel (thereby utterly destroying the clay and all of its contaminated attributes);
• God then remolded the clay in His own image (thus giving the clay "structural integrity");

• God places the clay in the fire (the fire DOES NOT make the clay pot ready for presentation). The pot is ready BEFORE it goes into the fire. It is the Potter who ensures the structural integrity of the clay pot once it comes off of the wheel. If the pot was not "ready" BEFORE it went into the fire, the fire would destroy its flawed structure and cause a breakdown and ultimately render the pot useless.
• Since God is omniscient, He has already completed the "design" (destiny) for the pot from the foundation of the world (Jer. 29:11).
• The fire HARDENS the pot. If the pot were not ready, the pot would collapse under the pressure caused by the heat (pressures and cares of this world),
• God knows exactly what we can endure before He places us into the fire.

By the way, the Potter also CONTROLS the FIRE! Selah...