Jeremiah 18 - He is the potter, we are the clay

Who do I think that I am?

Jeremiah 18 starts with the Lord telling Jeremiah to go and observe the potter. Vs 3-4 says "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."

The Lord then uses that as an illustration of what he can do to the nations: as He pleases.

It reminds me of the ending of Job found in Job 38:1-42:6 where God reminds Job that He is the one who created the world and has been there from the beginning of time. Job sees only this little slice, God sees it all. Who do we think we are to question him? With our limited viewpoint, what possibly makes us qualified to tell God how things ought to go.

When we consider his power. How He created the world. We create small things - He created the materials from which we create. The author and inventor of all things. With our limited power, what possibly makes us qualified to ignore God's commands for our lives?

Sometimes I must just think about how all-knowing and all-powerful He is. Who am I? This is not a lack of self-esteem on my part. Rather it is the realization that to get my value as part of His family is a hundred times better than whatever I think I get on my own. To lose myself and my will to Someone so mighty and so holy is only to lose myself to something bigger and better than anything that I could attain on my own. My ideas of greatness pale in comparison to His.

Who do I think that I am? No one, except for who God calls me to be.