Living as Putty in His Hands
Scripture
Romans 12:1–2 (NLT) “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Devotion
The sermon gave a powerful image:
“If I fall off the potter’s wheel, I don’t want to be hard, fired, and shatter into a billion pieces. I want to be so pliable that when I hit the ground, I just stick.”
That’s a heart fully yielded—“putty in His hands.”
Romans 12 describes that surrendered life: giving your whole self to God not in a one-time emotional moment, but as a lifestyle. Letting Him transform you by changing the way you think. Not conforming to the world’s pattern of “be strong, be fixed, be independent,” but choosing the way of ongoing transformation.
To live as “putty in His hands” means:
- You assume you always need His shaping.
- You welcome His correction instead of resisting it.
- You let His Word press into you so deeply that, like that Play-Doh image, when the page is removed, the imprint remains in your life.
You may be the only “Bible” some people will ever read. When they bump into you, will they encounter hardness—or the imprint of Jesus?
Reflection
1. In what area have you been saying (out loud or in your heart), “I’m good. I’m fixed. I don’t really need to change”?
2. What is one practical way you can “offer your body” to God today as a living sacrifice—time, habits, relationships, service?
3. How can you let God’s Word press more deeply into you this week so its imprint remains?
Prayer
Lord,
I present myself to You as a living sacrifice—mind, body, time, relationships, and future. Make me putty in Your hands. Change the way I think where I have conformed to the world’s pattern of self-sufficiency and hardness. Let Your Word leave a deep imprint on my life so that others see Jesus in me. Keep me on the wheel, close to Your hands, for all my days. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Romans 12:1–2 (NLT) “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Devotion
The sermon gave a powerful image:
“If I fall off the potter’s wheel, I don’t want to be hard, fired, and shatter into a billion pieces. I want to be so pliable that when I hit the ground, I just stick.”
That’s a heart fully yielded—“putty in His hands.”
Romans 12 describes that surrendered life: giving your whole self to God not in a one-time emotional moment, but as a lifestyle. Letting Him transform you by changing the way you think. Not conforming to the world’s pattern of “be strong, be fixed, be independent,” but choosing the way of ongoing transformation.
To live as “putty in His hands” means:
- You assume you always need His shaping.
- You welcome His correction instead of resisting it.
- You let His Word press into you so deeply that, like that Play-Doh image, when the page is removed, the imprint remains in your life.
You may be the only “Bible” some people will ever read. When they bump into you, will they encounter hardness—or the imprint of Jesus?
Reflection
1. In what area have you been saying (out loud or in your heart), “I’m good. I’m fixed. I don’t really need to change”?
2. What is one practical way you can “offer your body” to God today as a living sacrifice—time, habits, relationships, service?
3. How can you let God’s Word press more deeply into you this week so its imprint remains?
Prayer
Lord,
I present myself to You as a living sacrifice—mind, body, time, relationships, and future. Make me putty in Your hands. Change the way I think where I have conformed to the world’s pattern of self-sufficiency and hardness. Let Your Word leave a deep imprint on my life so that others see Jesus in me. Keep me on the wheel, close to Your hands, for all my days. In Jesus’ name, amen.