God's Masterpiece: Day 3....

Isaiah 45:9-12 "Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker,
to him who is but a potsherd among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
'What are you making?'
Does your work say, '
He has no hands'?
[10] Woe to him who says to his father,
'What have you begotten?'
or to his mother, '
What have you brought to birth?'
[11] "This is what the Lord says—
the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker:
Concerning things to come,
do you question me about my children,
or give me orders about the work of my hands?
[12] It is I who made the earth
and created mankind upon it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;
I marshalled their starry hosts.

Once again we come to the fact that in us God has poured out his creativity in making us, and fashioned each of us by hand, the way a potter makes jars. But we come at it from a slightly different angle here....

God made each of us for a purpose, and that purpose is unique. We are fashioned to serve him and others for the task HE chose for us. In my life too often I clash with my maker because I forget this fact. I try to live for myself (selfishness) or seek to choose how I will serve him (arrogance). Yet he requires submission and humility from me. As I grow in him, I need to acknowledge his soveriegnty and find the true contentment that comes from finding myself serving him by being at the centre of God's will for my life.