Evangelical Church Winning All 2023 Daily Devotions

THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023

TEXT: Romans 9:19-29

19. You will say to me then, “Why then does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”

20. But who indeed are you, a human being, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”

21. Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?

22. What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction;

23. and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory-

24. including us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?

25. As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call “my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call “beloved.’”

26. “And in the very place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,’ there they shall be called children of the living God.”

27. And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the children of Israel were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved;

28. for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.”

29. And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of hosts had not left survivors to us, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah.”

(New Revised Standard Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: GOD HAS CONTROL OVER ALL HE CREATED

The potter has the right to shape what he is molding to the pattern he desires. He can make some for very important purposes and others for less important uses. The choice and decision are his prerogatives.

In the same manner, God has created us and shaped us the way that pleases Him. We have no right to question Him; we can only go to Him in appreciation for the way He has created and shaped us.

This is why we must set aside all complaints and worship the Creator who has created us for His own purpose.

QUESTION: How often do you complain about the way God created you?

PRAYER: Lord, thank You for creating and shaping me to Your taste. Please help me to live in utmost appreciation of what You have done. Amen.