Our Maker Makes no Mistakes

“Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?” (Isa 45:9 AV)

If we are going to strive, then let us strive with men.  But not with God.  The warning is a good one.  The warning is a humbling one.  The warning, if heeded, bring finality and security to a life chaotically ambling along.  The context is Judah having a hard time with God’s purpose for them.  They rebelled against being different.  They didn’t like the fact they could not live like the nations around them.  So, the fought against God’s perfect plan for them.  God is a God of purpose and plan.  He creates with a goal in mind.  To fight against it is to rob ourselves of the most blessed life we could possibly have. 

Years ago, I watched a documentary on the formation of human life.  Many things astounded me and the truth of Psalm 139 was firmly reaffirmed.  However, one part of the documentary really struck me as the hand of the Maker.  The statistical probability that you are who you are is one in 400 quadrillion.  Not factoring in your parents meeting, getting married, and able to bear children, the above statistic comes after those assumptions.  One writer puts it this way.  You have as much chance of being you as a single turtle sticking his head up in a single life preserver randomly thrown in an unknown body of water.  ON THE FIRST TRY!  This is how unique each and every individual is.  That being said, that God our maker has created with purpose and plan goes without saying.  We can believe no two snowflakes are identical.  Cannot we believe we are and always will be unique?

If that is the case, then why to we fight against the One who has made us as though we know better.  That is the point of the passage above.  We can argue with one another.  One pot can argue with another pot.  But the pots cannot argue against the potter.  If we would just relax and trust the LORD to guide us, our anxiety level would precipitously drop.  Here is another application.  Several years back, I was rebuked by a church member for trying to educate youth out of their life situation.  I was told there was no hope.  They were born into a fractured family to parents who didn’t care and their lot in life was to hopefully graduate from high school (but if not, it really didn’t matter) and either be a laborer or live off the system.  I am sorry, but their Maker might have bigger plans for them and if we don’t put those goals in front of them, they will never achieve God’s will for their lives.  Not that being a laborer is a bad thing.  It is not.  But if the LORD has something else in mind, then it can be.  In other words, God made you and to fight against God’s plan for you is not wise.