YOU ARE THE CLAY, HE IS THE POTTER
- Tonia Burdett (TonYah Beloved)
- Apr 24, 2017
- 4 min read

YOU ARE THE CLAY, HE IS THE POTTER LET GO & LET YAH HAVE HIS WAY “Woe to him who [strives]( to struggle or fight against vigorously) with his Maker! Does clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’? Isaiah 45:9 And now, O יהוה, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You our potter. And we are all the work of Your hand. Isaiah 64:8 The moment I embraced the reality that I am not my own, that I was created by My heavenly Father, as we are the clay and he is the potter was such an awakening. No longer could I crutch on excuses, or find fault or blame for anyone else to irradicate my own insecurities. I understood for the first time, In order to have a deep personal relationship with him I was going to have to let go of myself completely. It was easier said than done. I had never in my life lived in a completely surrendered, open, raw, selfless state. How could I do something I had never experienced before? I always felt a war within me, it pushed against the spirit in me, and the spirit pulled it back in as if to say SURRENDER YOURSELF!! LET GO!! Their were so many wounds buried deep within me, I thought I had dealt with them, or that I had given them to Father but if so why was I so affraid of them being brought into the light? If I was truly healed then why did I fear them being revealed? What was I so ashamed of? Self consciousness in a lot of ways can be enlightening, but it can also hinder Yah's ability to mold you and shape you freely into that beautiful vessel. Father is the Source of unconditional Love, and he only sees you as he created you, he knows the greatness in you. SELF, or a self-centered narrow view and obscurity blinds you from his vision of your life. The moment you embrace the fact he is the potter, your creator, your maker, an artist of something Beautiful you take a seat and stand back as he begins to transform you. Messiah is living inside of you, not the contrary that YHWH יהוה your Creator is outside of you, in opposition to you, judging your every move. When you focus on the thought of surrendering to a Elohim who is in opposition, against your best, punishing you, or have the mentality you can never please him no matter what you do, it can evoke tremendous fear. You have to allow him to maneuver your mind and renew it to believe he did not create you to destroy you, he created you and test you to raise up the strongest, most capable, beautiful vessel that can withstand anything. After all if you are the vessel Messiah will come live inside of, he needs your mind, body, and soul in a surrendered, empty, movable state. Letting go often brings up fear because there is so much sacrifice when we let go. We tell ourselves that surrenderring is a sign of weakness, and we do not like to be vulnerable putting ourselves out there on the clothes line to dry in front of everyone to see. You come to truly surrender all to Yah by loving him MORE than yourself, by being more fearful of fighting against his will for you than what painful baggage is going to eventually be laid at his feet, and embracing his total power in your life no matter come rain or shine, hot or cold, just to be in his prescence and plan is enough for you. This awareness opens us up to our only real Source of strength, safety, and freedom to be empty and ready, to be shaped dispite the fact we do not have the answers, nor do we know the outcome, nor are we going to be able to dispute anything he orchestrates. He is the I AM THAT I AM.. and whatever his purpose for our lives is you can pick a side... do you want to go with the current or against? Either way your destination continues. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prayer♡ Heavenly Father I want to be your clay, I surrender to you today with all that I am, and understand you are my potter. You will mold me, and I will get cracks, break, but you just keep putting me back on the potters wheel. Your desire in my life is to create something beautiful I know. Help me to let go of myself completely, and allow you to make changes, and shape me. I have never experienced total surrender, and although I recognize sometimes that scares me, I am more affraid of falling outside of your will for my life. If I am not walking with you, beside you I will fail. I am ready and willing to accept your tests of my Faith, I trust you, and my Faith in you is greater than my ability to walk this journey against your will. Help me to be empty of myself today and let go of my fears and worries and enjoy the beautiful masterpiece you are creating in my Life. HalleluYAH!
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