The Potter Presentation
This "hands on" demonstration of the creation of a clay vessel on the potter’s wheel is a parable of God's transformational work in our lives. As the vessel is being shaped, the analogy of God as Master Potter and each of us as clay in His hands begins to unfold. In a similar way, we are being formed into the image of Christ, that we might be disciples who know Him, trust Him, and are actively becoming like Him.
Clay is an inert and impressionable material and will take on the shape and markings that the potter chooses. It requires the hands of a potter to uniquely form the clay into what he envisions. It must yield to the potter, for it cannot make itself. As the clay is centered, pulled upward, and stretched into a large vessel, viewers personally identify with the process of transformation.
My hope is that each person viewing this presentation will realize that they have been uniquely created by God. In the same way that the potter makes many different vessels for specific uses, we also are individually designed by God for the purposes He intends. Like clay in the potter’s hands, beautiful things can be made out of lives that are surrendered to Him.
This "hands on" demonstration of the creation of a clay vessel on the potter’s wheel is a parable of God's transformational work in our lives. As the vessel is being shaped, the analogy of God as Master Potter and each of us as clay in His hands begins to unfold. In a similar way, we are being formed into the image of Christ, that we might be disciples who know Him, trust Him, and are actively becoming like Him.
Clay is an inert and impressionable material and will take on the shape and markings that the potter chooses. It requires the hands of a potter to uniquely form the clay into what he envisions. It must yield to the potter, for it cannot make itself. As the clay is centered, pulled upward, and stretched into a large vessel, viewers personally identify with the process of transformation.
My hope is that each person viewing this presentation will realize that they have been uniquely created by God. In the same way that the potter makes many different vessels for specific uses, we also are individually designed by God for the purposes He intends. Like clay in the potter’s hands, beautiful things can be made out of lives that are surrendered to Him.