Reconstruction
by Brent Ndiffer
A businessman was once very concerned about his ability to sell a warehouse property he owned. Since he had last surveyed the building, vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash throughout it. The building had been empty for several months, needing repairs due to the weather and a general lack of maintenance. As the man showed a prospective buyer the building, he took great pains to assure him that he would replace the broken windows, bring in a crew to correct any structural damage, mend the roof, and clean out the garbage. He felt as if he was apologizing at every turn for the condition of the building, but wanted to present the best possible face on the potential sale.
To his surprise, the buyer finally said to him, "Listen, forget about the repairs. I'm going to build something completely different on this land. I don't want the building. I want the site."
So often, we attempt to present to our Creator what we think is good -- justifying our actions, promising to do better, trying to put the best spin on the state of our souls. In the end, what he wants is US. When we give Him ourselves, He gives us the very best He has and makes of us what we could never be if left to our own re-construction efforts.
Today, don't try to spin all your good qualities trying to sell yourself to God, instead, offer yourself and let him totally remake you!
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God..." (2 Corinthians 5:17-18a)Posted: 03/24/2000
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