To Argue With God Isaiah 45:9

Sometimes we argue with God. We may not admit it but it is there in the back of our minds. We say, "Why did you make me like this?" Or, "Why did you give me this history?" We are trying to tell God he is not fair or smart.

"Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker, to him who is but a potsherd among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say 'He has no hands.'" Isaiah 45:9.

WOE
This is a serious warning, you cannot succeed against God, and it is foolish to try. "Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker..." The point is clear that God is all sovereign and all-powerful and as such He is irresistible. We are not happy with being called a "potsherd," that is just a broken piece of pottery; but we, like Adam, the first man created, are just dust. We need to be humble, and submissive to God.

SAY
The real bite is, "Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?'" We often say, God, How can you make me like this? Or, why did you put this flaw in me? Or why can't I be beautiful or smart, or athletic? Who are we to tell God how to go about His business? We must remember that the All-Powerful God is also the All-Wise and the All-Loving God. We must trust in His love and wisdom as He molds and remolds us into something for good. He is God, not we.

HANDS
He does have "hands." Or more exactly he has the skill, vision, purpose, and the ability to succeed in what He is doing in our lives. God may use difficulty or pain to mold us. He may allow flaws in us to work out His purpose. He might put us in a messed up family, or a frustrating job, or poverty, or allow an illness to strike, but these are for His good purpose, and as the spinning clay on the potter's wheel we just can't see it right now.

GOD
God is in control if we like it or not, we are foolish to resist Him. We know God is good and whatever He is doing in our lives will be good. Right now God is at work in our lives, like wet clay on a potter's wheel, maybe dull, ugly and slimy; and it may not be what we want, but we must trust His hand to form something good and beautiful in us.

Whatever hardships you face remember God is doing a work of love in your life.

(c) Adron. 2/15/11

I Have Engraved You in The Palms of My Hands. Isaiah 49:18

We question God's love and we ask, "Where is the evidence of Divine Love?"

"See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." Isaiah 49:18.

NOT ACCIDENTAL
The great love God demonstrated for us through his Son is eternally written in the scars on his hands. We can see in our mind's eye Jesus holding out his hands saying, "See, I have engraved you..." We normally get scars by accident but God says, "I have..." this was not by accident. The scars that Our Lord bears on His hands were predetermined. He knew He would endure the cross and bear its memory the moment He created the first man- and still He made Adam. He did this engraving Himself. I have..." It didn't just happen, like the poor martyr, but He received those scars on purpose. The events of the Crucifixion of His Son were carefully designed before all creation by our Loving Father.

DESIGN
The word "Engraved" sounds like there was skillful craft involved; skillful craftwork demonstrated in the love the Savior has for us. Most people's scars are the result of some painful event, usually an accident; and seeing them are reminders of what each event was. Jesus chose to bear the reminders of His love for us through all eternity and we will see the engraving in His hands.

DEVOTED
He is devoted to our care and protection. The city walls were its protection, status, and strength. For God to say, "Your walls are ever before me." is to say He is standing guard on the walls. He is our protection, status, and strength.

"Ever" not just sometimes or only at a certain time but ever, always, and not ending. Perhaps here we see a hint of eternity, we need not fear some destruction in this life or next. For those of us who have taken Jesus' hand by faith and accepted his death on our behalf are assured of His protection and guard for the "Ever," of eternity.

SEE
The first word of this verse may be the most important, "See,"God invites me to look upon Him, to see Him, and know Him. We must set our eyes on Jesus; we must look at Him and see who He really is and what He has done for us.

When we get to heaven and Jesus holds out His hand for us to take, we will see ourselves engraved there and will think just two words. "For ME!"

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(c) Adron 8/19/10