Keep Me on the Potter’s Wheel (6)
Times Of Refreshing Daily Devotional
Date: Friday, 12 December 2025
Topic: Keep Me on the Potter’s Wheel (6)
Focus: Stay Soft in the Potter’s Hands
🔥Theme: Surrendering to God’s Refining and Shaping Process
God is the Potter, and we are the clay. His desire is to shape our lives into vessels that reflect His purpose and glory. This theme invites us to surrender to His hands—even when the process feels slow, uncomfortable, or unclear. On the Potter’s wheel, God removes what doesn’t belong, restores what is broken, and forms us into something new. As long as we remain surrendered, His shaping continues and His character is formed in us.
📖 Key Verse:
“But the pot He was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot…” — Jeremiah 18:4
Devotional:
Clay can only be shaped while it is soft. Once it hardens, it resists the potter’s touch and cannot be formed the right way. This is why the potter works carefully and continuously before the clay dries. God desires the same posture from our hearts. Life can make us hard—through pain, disappointment, betrayal, or long seasons of waiting. When we harden our hearts, we resist God’s shaping. But when we stay soft—teachable, humble, and surrendered—God can continue His work.
📖 Scripture Reading:
• Ezekiel 36:26 — God gives a new heart, not a hardened one.
• Psalm 95:7–8 — “Do not harden your hearts.”
• Proverbs 3:5 — Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
💧 Refreshing for the Day:
Jeremiah 18 shows us that the clay remained in the potter’s hands. That is where transformation happens. A soft heart listens. A soft heart yields. A soft heart trusts. A soft heart allows God to shape you fully and beautifully. So, beloved, stay soft. The Potter is still shaping you. Stay Refreshed!
✨ Note This:
🫶 Soft hearts stay usable in the Potter’s hands.
🛡️ Responsibility:
Pray today: “Lord, keep my heart soft and surrendered to You.”
🙏 Prayer:
Father, guard my heart from hardness. Help me stay humble, teachable, and open to Your shaping work. In Jesus’ name, Amen!
🔥 Prophetic Declaration:
My heart remains soft before God. I yield fully to His hands and His purpose. In Jesus’ name, Amen!
As always, thank you for reading and until next time. May today’s Times of Refreshing refresh, encourage and empower you! For previous devotionals, please visit: www.thefountspring.org
