The Feet of Iron and Clay

UV 4308/10000 The Feet of Iron and Clay Its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay ( pottery). Daniel 2 v 33 We, humans, are partly made up of iron, or strengths and partly of clay, weaknesses. The English expression, “All have feet of clay should” actually read, “All have feet of iron and clay. The trouble is that the iron and clay are mixed up. The story of the good wolf or dog and bad wolf or dog existing in each man and the need to fee the former and starve the latter does not make much sense as our good is mixed up with evil, our strengths with weaknesses. Some of our foundational ( symbolized by feet) beliefs are of iron or inducing strength and power in us but it is mixed up with clay or human weaknesses. Jesus refers to it as the good crop mixed up with the tares or weeds. As in the vision of Nebuchadnezzar interpreted by Daniel, the stone not cut with human hands that can demolish the clay parts or our weaknesses is none other than Jesus Christ. All who are touched by Him and saved by Him become the great mountain of faith that filled the whole earth. In practical and spiritual terms, every day we need to surrender our clay parts to the Lord and ask Him to use our iron parts for the building of the mountain. We need to examine ourselves regularly, seeking the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit to identify the clay parts for it can be disguised to look like iron on the surface and to remove it. The process of sanctification is one of separating the iron from the clay. The iron-clay mix applies also to our emotions, our thoughts, actions and responses to various stimuli in life. The Lord wants us to remove the clay or emotions that make us weak, the thoughts that make us weak and prone to sin, the actions or habits that make us weak and to build the emotions, thoughts, actions, habits that make us strong. The Lord’s power, wisdom and glory is often revealed in how He deals with our weaknesses. Hence, Paul wrote that “ In my weakness is His strength.” Our iron parts or strengths itself are like clay in His hand. As we surrender our strengths and weaknesses to Him, He will take it and use it for revealing or manifesting His power, wisdom and glory.