This morning I am sitting in my chair looking into our kitchen, which is in the process of being remodeled. Yesterday they grouted the backsplash, installed the sink, the dishwasher, the garbage disposal and the cooktop. Things are really starting to take shape. I also notice the spots in the paint job where it got dinged when the cupboards were put in and the spots where plaster got pulled off the wall when the tape was removed after painting the cupboards. There is a light switch plate that doesn’t completely cover the hole in the wall that was made for the electrical box and the windowsill by the sink was also dented and marred by those who installed the granite. The light fixtures in the ceiling do not seem to be completely flush and the switches that control the light and the exhaust fan in the laundry room need to be switched. Progress is being made toward the final completion of the project but there seem to be things popping up in the middle of the project that set it back some.
Today my assigned New Testament reading is Romans 7:19, “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do – this I keep on doing.” Earlier in Romans Paul writes about the new life we have in Christ, the fact that we are dead to sin and alive in Christ. The verse quoted above seems to imply that sin keeps rearing its ugly head, inhibiting the transformation.
My life is much like our kitchen remodel. God is in the process of reconciling me to himself, gutting me of the sin that permeated my life and remodeling me in the image of Christ; clothing me with the fruit of the Spirit. Progress is being made but occasionally there are setbacks and there needs to be some spackling, sanding and repainting to get my life back on track. Thankfully, my Contractor is patient and faithful to his promise. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 says it well. “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.”
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