God said, “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand.” Jeremiah 18:6

One of the most interesting movies ever made was the 1999 blockbuster called “The Matrix”. The concept was that the world we are living in is really one large computer construct and our lives are an illusion created by a master computer being. I contrast that with our actual world and see the love that God has for us. He created us, then immediately gave to us a remarkable freedom. He gave to us free will. We can choose the life we wish to lead. We can choose faith, or we can choose not to believe. Yet something remarkable happens when we chose faith. We have this incredible opportunity to,

Have Our Lives Shaped By Our Creator

Over and over again in scripture, God says, if we will let Him, He will mold us, and shape us, and use us in remarkable ways we never thought possible. As the old Hymn from my childhood says, “Have Thine own way Lord, have Thine own way. Thou art the potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me, after Thy will. While I am waiting, yielded and still”