Being Made New in Christ JESUS

"Arise, and go down to the potter's house; and there I will cause thee to hear My words." -Jeremiah 18:2 [KJV]

Yes, Lord, with the first of the morning will I arise, and go down at Thy command, where, by the secret and silent whispers of Thy divine teaching, I may gather suitable instructions for interpreting all Thy dispensations, both in providence and grace, towards me. Mark, my soul, the vessel marred in the hand of the potter. Alas, how hath our nature been marred since it came out of the hand of our Almighty Potter! Will the potter cast His vessel away? No, He will new make it.  

Oh Thou glorious Lord! Methinks I hear Thy words in this, for Thou hast not thrown us away, but hast new made us, and more blessedly made us in Christ Jesus. My soul, art thou indeed thus new made, a vessel unto honour, sanctified and meet for the Master's use? Attend then to thy proper character, and never lose sight of it. Refer every act of mercy and favour in thy original creation, in thy new creation, when marred by sin, and in all the appointments and dispensations, both in nature, providence and grace, in which thou art placed, to the sovereign will and pleasure of Jehovah, thine Almighty Potter. All the different forms, and the different ends, for which the whole is appointed, result from His sovereignty, in which the richest display of wisdom and of love is shewn. "Shall the thing formed say unto Him that formed it, Why hast Thou made me thus?" Much less in any of the dispensations, either in providence or grace, shall any say, why dost Thou use me thus?  

Precious Jesus, it is enough to be new made in Thee; to be new formed in Thy blessed likeness; to be taken into Thy service; and to be made a meet vessel for the Master's use in Thy family. Thy church is as a great and well-furnished house, where there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth. And if my Lord condescend to look on me, to use me, nay, to bring me into His house and family, that I may be always under His own gracious eye; how humble so ever the place or lowly the station, to belong to Jesus is the supreme honour of all His saints. My soul, make frequent visits to the potter's house, and never fail to go down there whenever any temptation from the enemy, or thine own heart, causeth thee to forget thy creatureship, and the wonders of a marred creature, being new made in Christ Jesus. 

-preacher Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.)

July 20th, THE POOR MAN'S MORNING PORTION

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