The Hands of God

Jeremiah 18
Isaiah 64
 The Potter’s House
• Jeremiah 18:1-6
– Ruined vessel created into something good
– “Cannot I do with you as this potter?”
 A Prayer for God’s Help
• Isaiah 64:1
– God’s power recognized
• Isaiah 64:5
– Sins recognized
• Isaiah 64:6-8
– All our righteousness are as filthy rags
– Face hid from us because of our iniquities
 But now…..
• Isaiah 64:8
– But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the
clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work
of thy hand.
• Have your way with us!
• Have mercy on us!
 God is the Potter
• Genesis 1:1; 2:7
– Our Creator
• Romans 9:21; Isaiah 29:16
– Power over the Clay
• Ephesians 3:20
– God can do more than we imagine.

Are you an instrument or an object?

 We are the Clay
• Marred (unfinished) clay
• John 15:5
– Without God, we can do nothing
• 2 Corinthians 4:7
– Power is of God and not us
• Jeremiah 10:23; Psalms 78:40-41
– Man cannot direct his path
– We limit what God can do with our life
 God’s Hands
• Proverbs 3:5-6
– God directs us.
• Let Him has His way with you.
• Psalms 139:1-10
– Search me, know me, try me, lead me
The Power of God’s Hands
• Ephesians 2:1
– He makes those dead alive!
• 2 Timothy 2:20-21
– Vessel of honor, sanctified, meet for the master’s
use