Is your life being remodeled?

2/7/2019

While going through my pictures this morning I came upon pictures of a house being remodeled and immediately it came to me that this is the state many “Christians” are in today. They started on the pathway to Heaven and let Jesus start remodeling their lives. Then for one reason or another, they called a halt to the changes God wanted and they told Jesus “you are not going to change me anymore.” So being the gentleman that He is, Jesus walked out. Now their life is a mess and others can see it.

Jesus has the plans that God has for our lives and when we accept Jesus as our Savior then we are agreeing on our lives being remodeled and made better. Jesus becomes our “Master Carpenter” with the blueprints that the Architect, God, has designed just for us. Now we can be like so many homeowners that are going through renovations and keep trying to have things our way or we can let God have His way in our lives.

Humans have the tendency to look around and see the mess our lives are in at any one point and think about how bad it looks with nothing in place, nothing running smoothly and never look beyond and see the finished product. However, those that can see what it will become have an easier time of going through the chaotic mess that we see during the remodel and can handle the things that come our way.

The thought came to me that those who can see the end product clearly have an easier time traveling through this life is like the homeowner that has hired a decorator that walks with them and constantly reminds them of where it all is headed. This is where the Holy Ghost comes into our lives. Once we accept Him in our lives and listen to Him, we have someone that reassures us in our daily walk that we need to focus on the finished product: spending eternity in Heaven with God, Jesus, the Holy Ghost and all the saints from throughout history.

Finally, the day arrives that the work on the house is completed and it has turned out beautiful. When it is a house we can enjoy it, however when we are talking about our lives we do not get to enjoy it because that is when God calls us home to Heaven. Then, if we have followed those plans, everyone that has encountered us will remember us and see the beauty that God designed us to be instead of the “mess” that we lived through.

Ask yourself this question: Am I letting Jesus work God’s will in my life?

C.I. Wilson