Yield to Increase Your Yield

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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?

Isaiah 45 v 9


We human beings whatever be our status, qualification or accomplishment in life this far are but clay in the hands of our Maker. He knows we are made from the elements, the dust of the earth. Without His sustaining breath and power in us we would once again kiss the dust. We are not even pots or forms fully shaped or baked out of that clay. We are but potsherds or parts of a meaningful pattern of life. We have significance, meaning and importance, we have hope and a future only in connection with God, our Maker. We are too small and weak to be able to struggle with Him as did the ancestor of Israel, Jacob for the word “Israel” itself commemorates his struggle or wrestling with an angel of the Lord. We are blessed when we yield to Him and cursed, limited and defeated when we strive or compete with Him. We compete with Him when we do not acknowledge Him in all our ways. We compete with Him when we ignore Him and stick to our sinful ways. We strive with Him when we knowingly or unknowingly disbelieve or disobey His promises.


We cannot question His existence. We cannot question His sovereignty and His purpose in our lives. We cannot question His will for our lives. We cannot doubt His intention or His promises. The fear of the Lord inspires in us love for His Word and thereby, He increases our wisdom. The empty vessel gets cleansed from within. The vessel is prepared to carry His message of love to the rest of humanity. It now acquires a shape, strength and purpose. It is no longer a mere potsherd. We no longer compete with others but strive to improve ourselves in the light of God’s word. God’s word in man’s world is the hand of the potter gently shaping, cleansing, forming and transforming us. Everything will take a new meaning and be imbued with new passion and power from above. God has intended us to be a creative work not a destructive work. We will see and sense His unseen hands guiding, comforting, assuring and leading us. the clay , day by day.


We become the veritable extension of God’s hands in this world, the extension of His eyes and vision. We are the instruments of execution of His sovereign will. We are connected now to the mind and heart of the Lord. There is nothing that is too difficult or impossible for Him to accomplish in and through us. The gap between human reality and God’s glory or hamartia is closed. We no longer fall short of His perfect glory or fall short in terms of His standards of holiness, righteousness and greatness by the grace of the Potter Jesus. Jesus is no longer content in making us earthen pots but He desires to make us vessels of glory and greatness. He designs and re-shapes us into His very image. We now strive not with God or with other men but with our own flesh and the desires or illegitimate cravings of the flesh described in the Word as lust- lust of the flesh, pride of life and lust of the eye. But Jesus the Immaculate Potter has now changed our relationship with God from Potter-potsherd or Maker-Made to Father-Child. There is a paradigm shift in perspective from being a mere creation or creature of God to being a son or daughter of God. We are also heirs with Jesus to the promises of God. We are co-heirs of the titles, identities and inheritance of God in heaven as on earth. He will give us both victory in our struggles and rest from our struggles. Truly, when we yield to Him and to the Holy Spirit, He increases our yield. We only need to yield our egos, our wills, our hearts, our minds and different parts of our bodies, different aspects of our relationships, goals, priorities and lives to the Lord

Prateep V Philip