Through the Fire Part #3

After the PROBLEM comes the POTTER!
3. THE POTTER: Of course the Potter is The Lord Jesus Christ!! Jeremiah 18:6 says ".. saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potters' hand, so are ye in MINE HAND...". The Lord molds and makes us according to His Will. Jeremiah 18:3&4 say, "The vessel that he made of clay was MARRED IN THE HAND OF THE POTTER: so he made it again ANOTHER VESSEL, as seemed GOOD to the POTTER.  When we find ourselves in the fire, it is a direct result of the Potter's doing so. He is the one that is making us into His trophy of GRACE! He can build us up and then change us into a different vessel, ALL FOR HIS GLORY! I Peter 1: 7 says, " ...though it be tried with fire, might be found unto PRAISE AND HONOUR AND GLORY at the appearing of Jesus Christ". This glory is not for us, but for Him! He wants to make us what He sees best to show forth His glory to a lost and dying world, that doesn't know Him! Just as the Lord allowed Job to be put through one of the greatest FIRES ever known to man, He is allowing us to be placed in it for a reason.

If the Potter is the One that placed us, or ALLOWED us to go into the fire, HE is also the One that regulates it! He is in control of all!!! Nothing can touch us that hasn't passed through His hand! Just as He allowed Satan to bring hurt to Job, he could ONLY DO what the Lord ALLOWED HIM TO!!! Hallelujah Satan is on a leash!!! (Job 1). Thousands of years ago, the Lord allowed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Gentile-given names) to be thrown into the fiery furnace, LITERALLY!!!  BUT, THEY WERE NOT ALONE!!. Not only does the Lord control the fire, HE GOES THROUGH IT WITH US!!!! Daniel 3:26 says, " ...I see four men LOOSE, walking in the midst of the fire, and they HAVE NO HURT; and the form of the fourth is like THE SON OF GOD!." Even though the men were bound and couldn't move when they went into the fire, they were FREE WHEN THEY WERE IN IT AND WERE NOT HURT! THEY DIDN'T EVEN SMELL LIKE THE SMOKE!!! (vs 27) The Potter doesn't want to hurt us , but HELP US!!!  Those three Hebrew men definitely NEVER forgot what had happened! They learned through the fire that the Lord will NEVER LEAVE US, AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE ONE IN CONTROL OF OUR SITUATION!!!  The Potter allows this to PURGE us!!
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