fixer-upper

So the past few days Kristen and I have been looking at houses on the internet, dreaming and hoping that soon we will be able to have our very own home.
Now girls always have seemed to dream about their wedding day right?
Well I have always dreamed of buying a fixer-upper or building my own. I always thought it would be amazing to build my own home with my Dad, like he and my grandpa did years ago with our first home. But I have realized that is probably better to just get a fixer-upper.
So as the two of us have been looking and dreaming and searching and figuring out what is affordable and have been praying for God to show us where and when, a thought dropped into my spirit this morning. I am a lot like that house that I have always wanted.
I am a fixer-upper. I have a good foundation, just like a good fixer-upper. I now how to stand on God's word, I know that he is the most important thing in my life. It's what people look at when searching for homes. If the foundation is messed up then its not worth it. If I don't have God at my foundation then trying to be good and live good isn't really worth anything.
I have an okay exterior. I might forget to shave from time to time but over all I look have decent, I could lose some weight, but I try to wear clothes that fit. A fixer-upper has an okay exterior as well. Maybe it needs a paint job but it is sealed and watertight. We need to have a good exterior a good protection of the Holy Spirit or else things will get inside that shouldn't be there.
But see on the inside there are still some major issues, and also some minor ones. Any fixer-upper that you look at usually has a handful of minor issues that can be fixed and then there are those major issues, a wall needs to be moved, electrical needs to be fixed, plumbing redone. What ever it maybe be a fixer-upper has things that need to be fix and redone.

I am a fixer-upper.

I have some minor issues on the inside that are easy to fix, anger, my thoughts, actions, relationships.
But then there are some bigger issues: sin, hardness of the heart at times, faithlessness, doubt.

See when looking at the inside of the house, its the big fixes and problems that we look at. It's what sways us from wanting the house to saying no thats to much to fix, to much money, can't get enough return on it.

The awesome thing about being a fixer-upper is that God is like me. He loves a good fixer-upper! He relishes for a new one to come onto the market.

But the best thing is that those big issues that we have, that turn most people away. He says. "that's an easy fix."
See most of our big problems have already been fixed before he enters our house, he paid for those big rapirs like sin and doubt and faithlessness a long time ago with Jesus dieing on the Cross. God takes what we see as big problems and works on them until they are no more.

In some cases those problems take a little while to fix. Like sin. Sometimes the house isn't willing to let all of it go so God has to wait until the house is willing to let that problem get fixed.

I am a fixer-upper.
I think we are all fixer-uppers in the market of life.

When was the last time you let God fix your house?
what have you been holding on to because it feels good, that doesn't belong in there?

I pray that you let Jesus buy your house today.
I pray that as God continues to fix my house, may he also fix your house.
I pray that when construction of our house is taking place we are like Tim Allen and ask for more power!! ARRRarrrrrARRRRRR