19/01/2026
Polished Arrows Devotional: Have you noticed? Sometimes we as humans are not mentioned in the Bible with very complimentary terms! I love this about God, because it can bring us to a huff and offence – or it can draw us to take note, to pay attention! I always choose the latter. Here is one example :
“We are like clay, and You are the potter; Your hands made us all.” Isaiah 64 : 8.
A mere blob of clay. Not really encouraging – or is it? The great news here is that this means that our personality can change, we don’t need to be grumpy all the time. It means that our human nature is perhaps to be always worrying, we no longer choose to, we cast our burdens on Him. I wonder how many times we have heard this saying, agreed with it and taken it as gospel truth? A leopard does not change his spots. Well, I personally am very glad about that, because leopards have stunning spots and they should never change. But … we are not leopards, we are people created in His image, and if we surrender our whole selves to Him, we have the absolute ability to be changed. Jesus is still in the business of changing hearts. It gets better, He wants us to have a heart like His. So, what’s not to like?
- by Rita Edkins