Created for Greatness
Jeremiah 18:3-6 (msg) So I went to the potter's house, and sure enough, the potter was there, working away at his wheel. Whenever the pot the potter was working on turned out badly, as sometimes happens when you are working with clay, the potter would simply start over and use the same clay to make another pot. Then God's Message came to me: "Can't I do just as this potter does, place your name here?" God's Decree! "Watch this potter. In the same way that this potter works his clay, I work on you, place your name here.
Refined by Fire
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him...
Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will hear and answer them. I will say, It is My people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will hear and answer them. I will say, It is My people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.