Biblical FoundationsSample

Week 5

Have you ever had the chance to make a piece of pottery? I once signed up for a pottery class where we were each given a block of clay. Our instruction was to throw it on the pottery wheel and form a bowl with our hands as the wheel spun the clay. I worked and worked the clay, but the bowl never developed as it should have. Several times I destroyed the emerging piece and started over from scratch. Each time I got a little better, and after many tries, my lump of clay began to look like a bowl.

Isaiah 64 describes God as a potter. I’m thankful we worship a perfect God (potter) who created this world with His mighty hands. He didn’t need several tries; He could create the heavens, earth, plants, animals and humans in only a few days. We are the benefactors of His wonderful creation. Think for a moment of your favorite landscape — the mountains of Colorado; clear island waters; lush, tropical forest or any place that takes your breath away! Have you ever considered the intricate details in nature that God gave us to enjoy? Creation is amazing.

Imagine an eagle soaring through the sky. Extending its wings, it navigates effortlessly through the air. Have you ever examined the wings of a butterfly? What about the face of a newborn baby, miraculously unique, yet perfectly reflective of the parents. Each one of us has been carefully crafted by God, our Creator.

PRAYER:

Father God, I stand in absolute awe of Your creation. You, oh Lord, are amazing, and I am so thankful and humbled that You created me.