«So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 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» (Jeremiah 18:3, 4, NIV).
WHEN ADELAIDE POLLARD attended the prayer meeting that night, her heart could not have been any sadder. She had tried, unsuccessfully; to collect funds with which to go to Africa as a missionary. What could she do now that her dream had been shattered into pieces?
Kenneth W. Osbeck writes that the answer came in the way Adelaide least expected: through an elderly church lady’s public prayer at the meeting that night. In her prayer the woman did not ask for material possessions; or for help to overcome any personal problem. She merely said, «Lord, it doesn’t really matter what You do with us, I only ask that Your will be done in our lives.»
Those words echoed in Adelaide’s mind. When she got back home, she looked up the book of Jeremiah in her Bible. There she read the words of today’s verse: «So I went down to the potters house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 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» (Jeremiah. 18:3, 4, NIV).
«Shaping it as seemed best to him. » That was what Adelaide needed to hear. The Supreme Potter has the power to do with the clay as He deems best; and His will is always the best for His children. That very night, before going to bed, Adelaide began to write, «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. »
One stanza led to another and, before long, Adelaide had turned her prayer into a hymn: «Have Thine Own Way, Lord,» which is hymn number 567 in the SDA Hymnal.
Today I want the words of this hymn to become my prayer as I begin this new day. I want my life to be like clay in the Supreme Potter’s hands. I want His will to be fully carried out in me, even if that means I will have to give up my most precious dreams.
Is that also your prayer?
«We know not what is before us, and our only safety is in walking with Christ, our hand in His, our hearts filled with perfect trust.»—Selected Messages, Book l, ch. 6, P. 79.
Dear Jesus, today I want to walk really close to You.
Take me, dear Lord, by the hand and lead me.
Only then can Your divine will be fulfilled in my life. Amen.
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Taken from: Devotional Readings for Adults 2022
“GREAT IS OUR GOD!”
From: FERNANDO ZABALA
Collaborators: Xiomara Perdomo & Angelica Cuate
