Romans 9:20-21 “20 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? 21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?”

MOLDABLE

Don’t you just love playdough?  When I was little we had the playdough fun factory where you could make all kinds of cool things.  You would stuff the playdough into the machine and attach forms to the other end.  By pressing the playdough through it would come out in shapes.

The one key thing was you had to keep your playdough soft and pliable.  If you didn’t seal your container good, it would get hard and brittle.  Then it would not make shapes.  It was stuck in a shape that usually wasn’t very fun.

TEACHING MOMENT

I am sure your children have played with playdough.  This is a perfect passage to share with them while you are making stuff.  Just like they have the power to shape the playdough into whatever shape they want, God has the authority to do the same to us.  But unlike the lifeless playdough, we have a choice, a free will.  We can refuse to be molded.  We can get rigid and stiff and not useable for anything.

And what happens to hard playdough?  It has to be discarded, thrown away.  God wants to use us, but we have to be willing.  If we refuse His hands to mold us into the perfect shape He has in mind, He won’t and can’t use us.

Mom and Dad, are you moldable?  Are you willing to let God get ahold of you and shape you into whatever He wants.  You may think you are too old to be reshaped.  Hardly!  God can take anyone who is pliable and use them to complete His purpose in this world.  Let Him shape you!