Remodeling

Remodeling

HGTV is one of my favorite stations of all time. I really enjoy watching all of the remodeling shows. Of course, in the beginning of each of these shows, the house is usually totally disgusting and filthy. Then after they get the house cleaned out, the true work begins. Most of the time, the designers have to completely gut the inside of the house before they can make repairs.

Finding Christ and allowing Him inside our hearts is a lot like a complete remodel. First, we have to clean out all of the dirt. Basically, we have to gut the inside of our hearts and put all that junk in the dumpster! Only then can we allow the Lord to rebuild and redesign what’s on the inside. 

It’s not a simple process, though. Have you ever lived in a house while it was being remodeled? It’s not so much fun when it is all torn up, is it? Thinking that it will be easy and these changes will happen overnight is not realistic. We are all just a work in progress, really. Luckily, the Lord is the VERY BEST designer. No matter how messed up the inside is, He can fix it. He is the only one who can. If we turn to Him and allow Him to transform us, then the end result will be amazing. In order to experience the amazing part, though, we must be willing to give up the junk. We can’t hold on to the old stuff and truly enjoy the new.

Imagine a completely remodeled home that still has the stained and tattered 1970’s carpet on the floor. That wouldn’t make any sense, would it? What if we completely furnish the home with all new appliances and then go to the dumpster and dig out our old, nonworking refrigerator and swap it for the new one. We definitely would never see that on HGTV! In our spiritual life we might equate that to accepting Christ and then going back to our sinful lifestyle. So, we must allow ourselves to truly be a living sacrifice by giving all that we are and all that we have to Him.- allowing Him to completely change us from the inside out. 

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”

Romans 12:1