Clay in the Hands

My kids had a Mr. Potato Head toy growing up.  They played with that thing off and on throughout their childhood – sometimes taking some the items from the toy and trying to wear them on themselves.  Our middle son loved to wear the glasses.

The toy is still around in stores today.  It is a plastic toy with the basic shape of a giant potato.  It has holes and slots all over it so that you can insert facial features – nose, mouth, ears, eyes, etc. where every you like.  You can arrange the features to suit you.  If you want to try and put the nose on top of the head – sure – no problem.  Or maybe having the mouth above the eyes is the look you are going for – that works.  The combinations are many.  You get to create the look that you want.

As I think about that toy – I pause and wonder, is that our perception of God?  Do we ever attempt to create God in our own image as opposed to realize we are created in God’s?  If there is something about God that doesn’t suit us do we just leave that attribute off?

God is not a cosmic Mr. Potato Head.

Scripture teaches that God is all-powerful and unchanging.  We need to always keep in mind who we are in relation to who God is.  God is creator – we are the creation.  God is pure – we are imperfect.  God is holy – we are sinful.  God is God and we are not.

So the next time you see a Mr. (or Mrs.) Potato Head toy remember that we may rearrange the features on that toy, but we can never change God.

Live a life that please God today!