Jeremiah 18

August 7, 2022

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Jeremiah 18 (NIV)

At the Potter’s House
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him............Continue Reading

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  3. Jeremiah is persecuted and
    Jeremiah is ready for God’s justice to rain down on them.

    “Yet, Lord, You know all their counsel
    Which is against me, to slay me.
    Provide no atonement for their iniquity,
    Nor blot out their sin from Your sight;
    But let them be overthrown before You.
    Deal thus with them
    In the time of Your anger.”

    I was thinking it was a contrast to Romans 12:
    “Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.”

    But it really isn’t, Jeremiah is fully trusting vengeance to God.

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  4. May we all be clay in God’s hands and God uses the example of a potter to teach that He will deal with Israel according to the kind of clay they are and then do with them what He sees fit. The clay may present the potter with a certain tendency, but it never determines it’s final shape…the potter does that and God does too. It is a bit like God will be to you how you are to Him…because He can only affirm His will for us or else He would be inconsistent with Himself. And in His mercy, he offers once again the opportunity to repent and be restored as a result, but in His foreknowledge, He knows that they won’t and maintain their defiant and stubborn hearts. How sad it is to see people in our lives who think they can do better without God than they can do with Him. And God will be distant with them as He assures the Israelites He will be to them.

    And it is natural for those apart from God to dislike, discredit and attack those who are speaking for God. And Jeremiah does what we can do as well: to sick God after our enemies. He does get more graphic than we should be and seeking God’s vengeance on our enemies frees us to love them, as Jesus commands and enables. It is also true that we should not be enemies of anyone, but others may choose to treat us as their enemies.

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  5. The acceptance of the idea that we are all clay in the potter’s hand and that everything is happening for a reason is a powerful thing! He is in control….the good and the bad that we see is all part of a plan to shape us, mold us into a better version of our worldly self if we accept and allow if to happen.
    I also can identify with Jeremiah and his desire to have God repay those who have hurt him. When someone hurts us or seems to be evil and just goes about hurting others we want to see them punished. We must trust that all will account for their hearts and actions in His time

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