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(See Mark 9:24, Exodus 13:21-22)
Let us never lose perspective on The One who is the craftsman of our souls, the potter of these clay vessels of ours. He has created us and His Son will bring us home. Just as the man whose son had a mute spirit rightfully said “Help my unbelief”, we can both believe and still naturally hold a bit of unbelief also. We are most honest with ourselves when admit we (unwittingly or unwillingly) harbor a”natural man” within us, who drags our unbelief (right alongside our faith) into many of our circumstances. This unbelief often bubbles all too close to the surface for our own comfort.
This song reminds us that, though we may not know why something is happening in our lives, nor how we will ever endure past it or even survive it, we can take comfort and solace knowing that God is the author of our lives and our call is to act as the players acting out God’s divine script. True, we have free will, our freedom to act as we choose, though we also realize God’s purposes will be fulfilled with or without our cooperation. He knows the way and He leads us along “the winding road” of life, through the good times and the bad, and asks only that we continue to believe in Him, continue to trust that His ways are good, and keep walking with Him through it all.
We are the clay
You are the potter
Selah, Selah
Give me the will
To let Your Word take shape in me
I do believe, Lord
But help my unbelief
Make strong my weakness this day
All things are possible
With Your grace
A pillar of cloud by day
A pillar of fire by night
Then You sent Your Son to grace
The light within each of us
I do believe, Lord
But help my unbelief
Make strong my weakness this day
All things are possible
With Your amazing grace
You make a way for us
When it seems there is no way
Truly You have anchored us
We need only reach out to You
Everything that comes
Into my hands
Has first left Yours
Help my every step
To choose only You
My faithful guide
Music and lyrics copyright © 2013 Thomas J. Brough
