God's Bullhorn

God had a calling on Joseph's life and gave him a prophetic dream about it at the tender age of 17. Joseph bragged about it to his family and his brothers got jealous. They threw him into a pit. Then they sold him into slavery. His slave owner’s wife tried to molest him then lied about it and he was thrown into prison. There he met Pharaoh’s butler and interpreted his dream. When Pharaoh’s butler got out of prison, he told Pharaoh about a man who could interpret his dream, and Joseph was brought to the palace. The dream God had given him came true, but the journey to get there was turbulent.

I did a study to see if I could determine a better way to get from the pit to the palace without all the turbulence. I asked the Lord if I just get into His presence, can spiritual maturity occur as a result?

God told Jeremiah to go down to the potter’s house and watch what was happening. The vessel that he made from clay was damaged in the potter’s hand so he had to start over. As the damaged clay goes back through the wedging, spinning, and shaping process in the potter's hand, so do we in God’s hands.

Sometimes God must break us down to build us up, for the destruction of our sinful nature, and the breaking up of our fallow ground, driving us to a heart of true repentance at His altar.

The apostle James said to count it all joy when you fall into various trials. It seems crazy in the middle of weeping, to count it all joy. But looking back, we can see it was God’s bullhorn used to get our attention. And the thing that created this vessel of honor was the turbulence of the Potter's wheel.

Amid all my seeking God about my turbulence, I stumbled across a song by the Gaither Vocal Band that touched my soul very deeply. Sometimes It Takes a Mountain. Listen to it.

To God be the glory.
Dee Richardson, Voice of the Dove