The Upside-Down World

When my children were little I remember they played a game called "opposite world," where everything they said was the opposite of what they meant. I was reminded of that when I read today's Scripture: Isaiah 29:16 You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, "He did not make me";or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?

Doesn't this describe our heart every time we sin? Every time we say I'm going to do this my way. I'm going to do or get what I want. Every time I think, "I hear you Lord, but I can't, it's too hard." For certain---- in those moments we are believing we are the potter rather than the clay, the maker rather than the made, the one who formed rather than the one formed. Father, I see myself here as clear as clear can be. Thank you that the cross paid for ALL my sins. I don't want to live in the Upside-Down World where I am king of my own life. Lord, I pray that daily I remember and live in light of the reality that You are the Potter and I the clay, You are the Maker, and I the made, You are the One that forms and I the formed one.

Psalm 95:6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!

Diane

Diane Hunt is the Director of Addiction Recovery Ministries and Acting Director of Development at America's KESWICK. In addition to her Keswick responsibilities which keep her busy, she loves to read, write and teach, travel and laugh with her grandchildren. Diane has been married to her husband John over 25 years. She has 2 children, 2+ grandchildren, 3 step-children, and 7 step-grandchildren.

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