No Clay in God

Daniel 2:41-43 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. 42 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
 
WE have indicated the statue’s iron legs represented Rome’s power standing over continents. Then we have this image of iron and clay toes. How does Rome’s strength mix with weak clay? We can see in history that Rome, although immensely strong, was also weak and divided for various reasons.
    One element of “clay” in Rome would be its many very different cultures. It was impossible for Rome to truly dominate its citizens’ minds and actions. Even its more democratic form of government may have been a weakness that led to its demise as many factions opposed each other, sometimes violently (a good lesson for us all). The Jews in Rome were a good example of opposing the government.
    Also, Rome was an idol-worshiping culture. Morals were made of clay, shifting and reshaping the culture into crumbling foundations. Without God’s Word as its sure foundation, one’s house, nation and church will fall. Job 4:18 If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error, 19 how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth! King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream reveals kingdoms cannot stand on their own strength.
    Paul encourages the church to recognize this truth. We must stand in God’s strength: 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 
    Think of it. God has placed his perfect, treasured message into our sinful lives. We are weak vessels, jars of clay easily chipped and broken, until the Holy Spirit transforms us into Jesus’ likeness. To the LORD God belongs the glory. He empowers and sustains us to be steadfast. When temptations try to mold you to disobedience, know you can trust God’s Word to keep you in the Light. Your faith foundation will remain sure and strong when you walk in God’s power.
 
Matthew 7:25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock