Like Clay In The Potter's Hand...

"A collection of thoughts presented to you, a potter's apprentice, from the wheel and work of this potter as the Spirit of God has taught and instructed me through the throwing of clay."

By Julie Johnston

Jeremiah 18:26 "'Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I shall announce My words to you.' Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make. Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, 'Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?' declares the Lord. 'Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.'"

I. INTRODUCTION

Every map has a key. The key-links between pottery and our relationship to God are found in the following correlations:

The Potter = God, the Creator
The Clay = the individual person
The Water = the Word of God made real
The Air = the breath of God; the presence of the Holy Spirit

II. PREPARATION

III. PROCESSES

A. Foundation and
B. Centering

C. Coning and
D. Opening