Tag Archive | clay

Footsteps

Sep19

Righteousness will go before Him And will make His footsteps into a way.
Psalms 85:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.85.13.NASB1995

Jesus is the way. As a child I would put on my Mom’s shoes, occasionally Dad’s boots and clomp around the house. My desire was to be like Mom and Dad.

Now my desire is to walk in the footsteps of Jesus for He has made a way for me. Are you desiring to walk the way of righteousness Jesus has laid out for you?

He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
Psalms 40:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.2.NASB1995

My prayer:

🙏Establish my footsteps in Your word, And do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalms 119:133 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.133.NASB1995

Amen.

🌹Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Eyes of the Lord

Feb27

I waited patiently (intently) for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
Psalms 40:1-2 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.1.NASB1995

‭‭The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry.
Psalms 34:15 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.34.15.NASB1995

What a magnificent God we have!! He gives us eternal life AND walks with us from day one. He hears our cries and steps in to help us as we intently, earnestly seek Him and His ways. God’s eyes are toward the righteous with His ears open to their cry.

O, Lord, help me to stand firm upon the rock while You
Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day.
Psalms 25:5 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.25.5.NASB1995

Let us walk in such a way that others see Christ in us and desire to know Him too.

🌹He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the Lord.
Psalms 40:3 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.3.NASB1995
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‭‭Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God is Calling

Feb19

You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Isaiah‬ ‭29:16‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.29.16.NASB1995‭‭

The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.
Psalms‬ ‭103:19‬ ‭NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.103.19.NASB1995

Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster And does not retract His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers And against the help of the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah‬ ‭31:2‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.31.2.NASB1995

God, the Creator of all mankind, who has established His throne in the heavens, and whose sovereignty rules over all, is calling you to repent, turn to Jesus and follow in His obedient truth. The time has come to turn away from evil and follow God.

‭‭🌹Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,
Acts‬ ‭17:30‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.17.30.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Potter-Day 3

Sep20

As the Potter’s wheel spins, the Potter shapes the clay. With His hands He designs the vessel into the purpose He is designing it for.

But now, O Lord, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.
Isaiah 64:8 NASB

In the process of transformation the walls become thin and there is space for filling. As we become less in this transformation we become just what God has designed for us to be.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
John 3:30 NASB

As Christians we are filled with the Holy Spirit. By His power we are able to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ! Let us decrease so God’s influence will increase to His glory and purpose.

🌹for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord.
Acts 11:24 NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

The Potter-Day 2

Sep19

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
Romans 10:9‭-‬10 NASB

So, have you confessed with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believed in your heart that God raised Him from the dead? Then you are saved. . . Now the transformation begins.

Remember the lump of clay from yesterday (September 18, 2023)? Well, clay is now placed on a spinning wheel and water is put onto the clay to cover it. . . Transformation can then begin.

Baptism follows confession and belief in Jesus Christ. It is the proclamation of our salvation.

Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:4 NASB

As the clay is covered in water, we as confessing believers are baptized in water.

🌹Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:38 NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

I hope you’ll come back tomorrow for another devotion on The Potter.

The Potter-Day 1

Sep18

A lump of clay. Just a blob until it is placed in the hands of a potter.

A new born baby is similar to a lump of clay. They are helpless without the care of a parent. This helpless baby, under the care of loving parents will learn to walk, talk, dress themselves, etc.

Aren’t parents a type of potter, transforming this baby, lump of clay, into someone beautiful and special?

🌹Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 NASB

like newborn babies, long for the (unadulterated) pure (spritual) milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in (up to salvation) respect to salvation,
1 Peter 2:2 NASB

We all were a lump of clay in the physical realm. But what about the spiritual realm?
Have you placed your life in the Potter’s hands? Are you still a lump of clay in need of salvation? Are you in the word, being transformed by the Potter into a useful vessel?

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the transformation of clay in the Potter’s hands.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon