"O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?"
declares the Lord, "Like clay in the hand of the potter,
so are you in my hand, O house of Israel."
Jeremiah 18:6
Looking back at high school, or last year at college, I can see how God has been transforming me and shaping me for His purposes. Granted, I have no idea what many of those future purposes may be... but I trust Him in those. My life, my attitude, my thoughts, made such a 360 over the past year. So many of my attributes have conformed in some way. It's amazing how the Creator works in that way.
A great example for that is evangelism. I'll admit it. I am terrified of evangelism. The thought of walking up to a random person and talking to them about God and Jesus horrifies me. I am blown away by the people that do it for a living (like some of our Cru staff), but the thought of me doing it - no way. And then this year, one of the staff started meeting with me one-on-one and challenged me with it, to go out into our student center and do Perspectives with someone. Perspectives is this nifty little deck of cards that, through a series of questions, allows people to explore and express their own views on God, human nature, and what's important. It's basically a way to survey students. And, if the time presents itself, we share the Gospel. It's phenomenal. More often than not, it is just a conservation, and we pray that God fosters those thoughts and has that person talk to their friends about those things as well. Now, there are people that are fantastic at using Perspective cards. I am not one of them. However, my heart has definitely changed since first coming to Cru, when I would not have touched anything even like that with a ten-foot stick. Now, I'm (somewhat) okay with it! I mean, I am not going to say that I am not terrified every time I do it and need a little push to get going, but that's what the Holy Spirit's for.
He is the potter, we are the clay. Be flexible.
