Standing as Clay Before the Potter | Cozy Afternoon Walk: Romans (S1), Ep.31

Welcome to Cozy Afternoon Walk — a short pause in your day to sit with Scripture, one verse at a time.Today's passage: Romans 9:20-21"But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? 'Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"' Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?" (NIV)We all like to think we're the ones shaping our own story. But today's passage reaches for an old, familiar image — a potter, a lump of clay — to answer a question most of us have asked somewhere in the dark: why am I like this? The answer isn't the explanation we expect. It's something steadier — a reminder of whose hands have been forming us all along, and how patient those hands have already proven to be. Some parts of our story we'll never be able to explain. But we don't need every answer if we can trust the hand.This episode is part of our season through Romans. New devotionals added regularly.This content was carefully selected and prepared by M.Div. students and faculty. To ensure accurate information delivery, an AI voice (ElevenLabs) was used for the video's narration.