Valuable Remodel

My friend Cathy owns her own business and I went to work with her the other day. She does custom window coverings and she was going to measure a house.
My idea of custom window coverings is whatever I can nail to the wall that won't fall down. Don't tell Cathy but I have been known to use bed sheets in a pinch.
The home was in an established area with one house more beautiful than the other. We pulled up to this awesome home with it's stone staircase leading to this grandeur entrance , I couldn't wait to see inside.
I expected to see the life styles of the rich and famous crib when we opened the front double doors. As the door opened I was surprised to see that the whole place was being torn apart.
The carpet, wall units, doors, the entire kitchen and for Cathy's sake the window coverings. Everything was being changed.
I assumed the decor was beautiful when they bought the house but it obviously wasn't to the new owners personal taste. So they hired a decorator that I'm sure showed them many drawings until they found what they considered perfect.
I wondered why they didn't just build a house from scratch and not waste all that money. I thought about it for a few days and then the Lord showed me that we are very much like that house.
We are all born (become a house) into sin.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
When we get to earth our owner is satan, that may freak you out but that's the truth. The good news is while we were still sinners God sent His son to purchase us and offer forgiveness of sin. You can put your house up for sale and have a new owner, Jesus Christ purchase you.
The outside of that house was fine. The foundation was good, the location was great it just needed some remodeling to the new owners specifications.
When we accept Christ are sins are forgiven and that's great but if all we take from God is forgiveness we will never grow.
Forgiveness should just be the first step. After we are purchased the remodeling should start. We shouldn't want to have the same decor as our old owner.
We may need some walls torn down. You may need to change your view of God or better yet your view of how God sees you. We may need to be gutted out right down to the foundation. But like that house your foundation is good because you were created in the image of God.
Remodeling isn't an easy job and it can't be done alone. When I walked in that house there were guys doing construction in one room and painters in another. There was a man looking at the electric and of course the designer and Cathy looking at the windows. The thing is each group was doing their designated room.
One guy wasn't responsible for the whole place.
It's the same with us we have to do one room at a time. If you start tearing yourself apart all at once it can be very defeating.
Sometimes we don't want to take on the job of remodeling because it will be too much work. Sometimes it's because we don't want to see what's behind a wall.
It may be a bigger job than we want to tackle so we decide our house looks OK the way it is.
For example one time I decided to pull the molding off of a wall in my kitchen and on the other side was a bunch of mold. (no pun intended) A part of me wished I left the molding alone but that mold would have gotten worse and eventually become a health hazard to me and my family.
Just like sin we think if we're getting by we can just pretend it's not there but eventually it will cause damage. You can't continue to make bad decisions and not expect them to damage you at some point.
Another reason we don't like to remodel is if you redo the kitchen then the living room looks outdated and if your gonna fix the living room you definitely want your bedroom redone and so it begins.
We can get overwhelmed if we try and work on every room at the same time, you need to do one room at a time. It may take a long time to get all the work done but in the end your loving your new place.
It's the same with us . We have to tackle one thing at a time so we don't become overwhelmed or worse yet think we're not fixable.
The men at this house were doing all the big jobs first then they'll come back and do the smaller ones. It won't be too hard for them because this is what they do for a living. They are trained professionals and because of that the owner doesn't have to know how to do the work he just needs to know who to hire.
It's the same for our house. We tear down the walls of despair, discouragement, anger, rejection whatever your old owners foundation is built on.
Then you get the design of your new owner, Jesus, and start remodeling each part of your life to His personal design.
You don't have to do it on your own or even have to know how you just have to make the decision to start remodeling.
This remodeling is a life time project but like I said once you start working on the big job like realizing you need forgiveness of sin it gets easier and easier.
Don't take the chance of foreclosure or even worse being condemned.
The enemy will try to condemn you so you won't want to move forward. He'll make you think the general condition of your house is no good so there's no reason to try.
The Holy Spirit will convict you in a specific area so you can tackle one room at a time.
Romans 8:1-2 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

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