Starting Over With God
Do you ever wish you could just "start over" at a certain point or time in your life and erase all the mistakes and heartaches that you've suffered through? In the Bible, God told Jeremiah of such a place where this was possible, a land of beginning again. God revealed to Jeremiah, through the example of a potter and his clay, how He works to shape and mold His children into beautiful vessels fit not just for earthly use, but also for eternal use.
God is the master workman. Every day God has His hand on your life and has a wonderful plan for your life. I do not care who you are, what your background may be, where you have come from, nor where you are going. God has a glorious, beautiful, wonderful plan for your life, for every life. Sometimes we get the idea that God only has a plan for those who are going into "full-time Christian Ministry" such as pastors or missionaries. This is however quite the contrary. Though God does have a plan for those who are called into full-time Christian Ministry, he also has a specific purpose for your life as well. We've all been called to be full-time Christians!
Just as God is the potter, man is the clay. The clay is nothing without the potter and man is nothing without God. The clay is only useful in the hands of the potter and man is only useful in the hands of God. Even though the clay may seem unimportant, unattractive and undesirable, in the hands of the potter the clay is like nuggets of Gold and clusters of diamonds. But without the wheel, the clay cannot be molded. The wheel represents the circumstances in our life. Have you ever felt like you were going in circles? In essence, you are. In the daily rounds of life, God has placed you on His wheel of providence. Listen, this is not a wheel of fortune, nor is a wheel of fate. But rather, it is a wheel of faithfulness; God's faithfulness to His purpose and plan for your life!
Ultimately, God is in control of every circumstance of your life. He wants to take all of your circumstances, whether they are good or whether they are bad, and use them to shape you into what he wants you to be. You see, we will not always understand why God allows certain things to happen to us. We will not always understand why the wheel of life takes a certain turn. But we must trust God and allow Him to turn the wheel the way He knows best. For written over that wheel is Romans 8:28, "God works all things out together for the good of those who love Him." Though our life may be marred with imperfections, our heavenly Father can mend our life and reshape it into what he wants it to be if we are only willing to first surrender it to Him. Thank God, no matter who you are, you can begin again.
God is the master workman. Every day God has His hand on your life and has a wonderful plan for your life. I do not care who you are, what your background may be, where you have come from, nor where you are going. God has a glorious, beautiful, wonderful plan for your life, for every life. Sometimes we get the idea that God only has a plan for those who are going into "full-time Christian Ministry" such as pastors or missionaries. This is however quite the contrary. Though God does have a plan for those who are called into full-time Christian Ministry, he also has a specific purpose for your life as well. We've all been called to be full-time Christians!
Just as God is the potter, man is the clay. The clay is nothing without the potter and man is nothing without God. The clay is only useful in the hands of the potter and man is only useful in the hands of God. Even though the clay may seem unimportant, unattractive and undesirable, in the hands of the potter the clay is like nuggets of Gold and clusters of diamonds. But without the wheel, the clay cannot be molded. The wheel represents the circumstances in our life. Have you ever felt like you were going in circles? In essence, you are. In the daily rounds of life, God has placed you on His wheel of providence. Listen, this is not a wheel of fortune, nor is a wheel of fate. But rather, it is a wheel of faithfulness; God's faithfulness to His purpose and plan for your life!
Ultimately, God is in control of every circumstance of your life. He wants to take all of your circumstances, whether they are good or whether they are bad, and use them to shape you into what he wants you to be. You see, we will not always understand why God allows certain things to happen to us. We will not always understand why the wheel of life takes a certain turn. But we must trust God and allow Him to turn the wheel the way He knows best. For written over that wheel is Romans 8:28, "God works all things out together for the good of those who love Him." Though our life may be marred with imperfections, our heavenly Father can mend our life and reshape it into what he wants it to be if we are only willing to first surrender it to Him. Thank God, no matter who you are, you can begin again.
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Comment by Cynthia Allen on March 3, 2011 at 1:12pm
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Wow powerful, that is food for the soul. God is so awesome, and we know that his grace is sufficient. He is the God of a second chance. Man of God, bless you.
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Comment by Nicole L. Hunte on July 9, 2009 at 12:09pm
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This just shows how wonderful and incredible our God is. There are many Christians today who have not come to experience what you have just so nicely explained in your blog. Many of us, when life gives us a bad turn, or we fail God or our world comes crashing down feel as though God has abandoned us and is there waiting to damn us to hell. But we must remember that His Love is unconditional, we don't have to do anything to earn it. His grace and favour is unmerrited. He is more ready to forgive us and pour out His mercy upon us than we are willing to receive it. Could it be because of pride or shame?
I have proven that God is a God of new beginnings. I have recently gone through which for me was one of the most devasting and destructive periods in my life. I have never been so helpless and broken but God never one day turned his back on me.I was ready to give, I though I would never recover and that my world had come to an end. But PRAISE God I can truly declare what you have laid out in the title of this blog that I HAVE STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN WITH GOD. I never perceived this to be possible but YES, my life has begun anew. I am now truly learning what it means to trust and depend upon God and to wait on Him to bring me through. I am on the potters wheel and He is making me all over again and I trust Him to make me into the godly woman that He has called me to be. I know that His plans for me are not just good but GREAT. So, I am just submitting to Him learning along the way.
You can never change your past but you sure can influence your future for change. Thanks Apostle for always delivering a word of encourage. I believe with all my heart that ALL things are working benevolently and harmoniously for my good.
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Comment by Kingdom Authority Int.Ministries on June 17, 2009 at 3:30pm
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The joy and peace of the Lord to you Apostle. How wonderful to know that we can begin again. Thats a blessing in itself, to be able to put all that has been done, behind and never look back. God is truly amazing isn't He? No matter what we have done, no matter how many mistakes we have made, He is going to grace us by allowing us to start anew. Amen. What a powerful word for the Body. God Bless you man of God. I love you.
In His Love & Mine,
Angela
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