Reading Romans 9: 14-18, 21 and I am once again humbled by grace. "What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' It does not therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's Mercy. For the scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that i might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden." (vs 21) "Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?"
So we are once again a clump of clay. It is Gods choice to have mercy on us... we are in His hands. He chooses us and chooses to give us mercy and grace. We have been given the beautiful gift of forgiveness with the decision to follow Christ. There is no better gift than that. Giving Christ our lives is putting them in the best potters hands there is. No love is greater, no joy is better, no mercy can be given apart from that Of Jesus Christ. The world lies to us every day. No item, no job, no amount of money, no letter behind our name makes your life full of happiness and satisfaction. God has chosen us to follow him. I have been chosen!
But the question still lies out there... the world continues to ask- even Christians continue to ask- Is our God unjust? Yes we struggle with what God has for us... trials and tribulations- but is that awful to have? No! Don't challenges make us better people? Yes! Does God leave you during a trial? NO! God never will leave us nor forsake us. So from my minds perspective I see God picking up the chunk of clay (to us a trial begins), and He starts to mold out the imperfections that we obtain. The length of time we fight and pull back from what God has for us the longer it takes to be smoothed out. SO God is not unjust but Just! God is full of compassion! God is giving love unconditionally!
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