The potter and His vessels

Once upon a time there was a potter who was known for making and selling beautiful black jars in all shapes and sizes, in the city where he lived. One day he decided to make three coloured vessels instead of the usual black ones. He shaped them individually and gave them special features that set them apart: The first vessel was large, had circular rainbow colours and was shaped like a vase. The second vessel was a medium-sized, round, purple-coloured vessel that had an opening that would later be used to let the sweetest water and the best wine flow through it. The last vessel was smaller than the first two, orange and was shaped like an hourglass. He brought them to his shop the next day and gave them a special place. Everyone should marvel at his beautiful, coloured vessels. However, he vowed never to sell them because he had special plans for them in his own house.

Months passed. Yes, even years passed, and he did not sell them. One evening after the potter had closed his shop and went home, the three vessels woke up and began to speculate and discuss why no one was buying them – even though they were the most beautiful, most polished, and shiny of all vessels in the shop. While they were speculating, an old black vessel, which had previously been on that same special shelf, also woke up and joined the conversation. He was smart and knew how to manipulate the others. But unlike the other two vessels, the little orange vessel did not fall for his tricks.

When the potter came in the next morning, he found the big, rainbow-coloured vessels on the ground, broken into seven pieces. While picking up the pieces, he spoke to the remaining two vessels and reminded them why he made them in the first place. He told them the reason why he vowed to never sell them. He made them understand that he had good plans for them. Then he looked at the broken vessel and told him that all he had to do is to be a little more patient and stand firm against the lies of the other black vessel. If only he would have kept trusting in his promises, he wouldn’t have fallen for the lies of the black vessel. And now his choices led to his brokenness.

But the potter still loved him regardless of his mistake and was willing to restore him for a place in his home. But for that, that vessel would have to stay in the shop a little longer than the other two. This time not on the special shelf like before, but on a shelf below the special one.

The Moral of the Story:

Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, we are the Vessels God chose to use for His Glory. He is the potter, and we are the clay. He has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy on. (1) Like the potter in the story, God has plans for us. Plans not to harm us, but to prosper us and to give us hope and a future. God knows out of what we are made of. (2) He is aware of the environment some of us are in and that it takes a lot of faith and perseverance from one to be able to endure the lies of the enemy. (3) He knows what some of us go through daily for His namesake and sees our work.(4) That’s why He encourages His Church and His people to not give up and to keep on fighting the good fight. Nothing under the sun is forever and the season of trial – some might currently go through, will soon be over. (5) And that what we go through, is nothing compared to the glory of God which is to come. And to those who have fallen and stepped out of His ways and got broken like the big rainbow vessel, He says unto you: Repent and come back to Him. Remember how it was and how you felt when you first received the Gospel and go back into that place.(6) There is not much time left because He who died and resurrected from the dead(7) , will soon return. Only this time He might come like a thief in the night. Therefore, let us stay awake and prepare ourselves. He who has ears, let him hear.

(1) Ro. 9:18, (2) Psalm 103: 14, (3) Rev. 2:13, (4) Rev. 2:2-3, (5) Rev. 2:9-10, (6) Rev. 2,

(7) Rev. 1: 18 (8) Matth 11:15; Rev 2:29

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