Sermon: Behold (Purpose and Calling I)

God is the potter and we are the clay... the potter never changes, but the clay changes as the potter's whim! God molds His creation through us which makes perfect sense. After all, our role in this creation is to be God's image so it makes sense God's image would be His primary tool for action. In Isaiah, we see flashes of anticipation for what is to come. What an appropriate way to transition out of Christmas and into something new! God's plan since the fall of creation has been to restore us to him. Sometimes it seems like the world wants to fix itself. The problem is what Solomon talked about in Ecclesiastes: there is nothing new under the sun! Despite that, the potter can always make something new. The clay can not say "I wish to fix myself" or "I am determined to mend my broken edges", but through God even the more corrupted things can become beautiful.