Isaiah 45
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker,
to him who is but a potsherd (a broken pottery fragment) 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'?
Woe to him who says to his father,
'What have you begotten?'
or to his mother
'What have you brought to birth?'


(This happened to be a real conversation I had with a friend)
When you talk about becoming what the Lord wants you be, I guess it's normal to want to be the heroes like Abraham, Joseph, David. No one in their right minds would actually want to be the Judas', the Herod's or the "villains" in the Bible. Yet these people also played important roles in God's plan. So what if by obeying God you eventually turn out like those characters?

I think one of the key differences better those who seem to fall into the Lord's favour and those who end up disastrous is their heart for God. Those who chase after God may have blessings given to them and all that but they were not unlike the villains, with their weaknesses, their own sins and doubts and fears. But the reason they were able to overcome is because they trusted in the Lord and they chose God's way over their own shortcomings.

Are we becoming what God wants? Is there something we are afraid of giving up or maybe a decision we are afraid of making?

We may not be able to see or control the consequences of choosing God over the world but we can trust in God's character, his love for us and that he will never let us suffer on this earth without a reason.

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