Remodel

If we inherited a house with a lot of issues, we have two options. We can have repairs done or we could sell it. To sell it in the current condition would mean a very low value but if we renovate it and make it new, then its value and usability go way up. Now, to renovate, it costs lots of money, time and effort. It takes a sacrifice but the outcome is worth it. 

You never count the tremendous effort it takes but you always look at the final product and let that bring you hope. It's the vision of what the final product looks like that motivates you through the tough times of the remodel. If it wasn't for that vision, hope would be lost. Yet through all the issues, cost and sacrifice, faith in the final product brings a smile when things look grim.

It's hope and faith that compels the renovator to move forward. 

Can we say that the world is that house. Not just us individually but the entirety of Earth. Can we say that it needs renovation in the spiritual realm. God has found the house He built long ago to be under disrepair. The once glorious house of God has been vandalized and occupied by squatters. By law, the squatters have been removed but their damage remains. The house must be repaired and brought back to its original glory. Once that is done, He can then move in and maintain the house forever.

Individually, we are a house as well with the same issues. We inherited this house and with it problems. With the help of Jesus, our lawyer, we have evicted the squatters and now have to clean it up and renovate it. The damage done by the squatters is too extensive and a full replacement of the entire inside will need to be done. Thank God that not only is Jesus a good lawyer but He has a friend the Holy Spirit that is an excellent contractor. 

We are all under construction until we come into completion in Him. We must allow this to take place because God Himself wants to be a permanent roommate. The amount of time it takes is directly our responsibility. We cannot get in the way or try to do the remodel ourselves. Instead we must have faith in Him to complete it. The more we stay out of His way, the faster it gets done. Letting go of control is hard but is necessary for completion. No contractor will let the home owner help. Most likely they will create more issues than help.

This is just another way of looking at the same story of how God comes in us to clean us up and change us from self to Him. It's short but maybe somebody might be blessed by it.

To God be the Glory.