“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
‘Why did you make me
like this?’
A lump of clay cannot question the potter,
‘Why did you make me into a valuable vessel
rather than a common one?’
The reason is because it is the potter's
prerogative.
The potter made the vessel as he desired.
Yet, despite this, we, as creatures, challenge
the authority of the Creator,
asking, ‘Why did you make me like this?’
It can only be the stubbornness of us humans,
who refuse to humbly accept the authority of
God,
who is the potter
(Romans 9:20-21).
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