We need to have a brief chat about Romans 9:20-21.
In our culture, we're tossed to and fro between ideologies, identity, labels--and so often, those are politicized heavily. I'd even go so far as to say that they've been taken over completely by politics. And to that extent (and a good many others, I'd say), we've gotten away from what genuinely matters.
Doesn't the Potter have overwhelming control over it all, no matter what? And who are we to speak against His purposes and plans?
The Lord created us just how He purposed--with His plan in mind--and our only need, aside from giving our hearts to Him, is to be clay in the Potter's hands. He made us just so. We err off course when we want to change who we think we should be...and oftentimes, that's an image that doesn't include the Lord. Big or small, the Lord knows each detail of our life and He wants us to follow Him so we can know our God-given identity (not our self-given identity, not our society-given identity, not personal ideation) and live our lives to the fullest extent.
But we want what we want, and when it doesn't line up with the Word, we bend and break it to fit our own molds. Only ours are temporal. Uninformed, even if we've put in the work and research, we're still jaded by our fleshly desires.
Even so, the Lord made us knowing we would need help, need molding, need guidance.
He loves just just so, and is such a loving heavenly Father that we can trust Him enough to lay our lives in His hands to be molded. We can trust Him fully to mold us, heal us, shape us, surround us with others He made just so, and to turn us into vessels to pour out and fill up others. We can trust Him to be waiting with open arms when we return to Him.
This is the year to do it. This is the moment to return to Him. And if you're already faithfully following? Good. You can always go deeper in your relationship with Him. Full-stop.
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