Rebuild

Have you ever watched Extreme Makeover Home Edition? It used to be one of my favorite shows and in it, a crew of designers and a huge team of builders show up at someone's house and completely rebuild the house. The first thing they have to do (other than getting the family packed up and out of the house) is to demolish the existing house. The team brings in the heavy equipment and literally rips out the house all the way down to the foundation. It is only after that very important first step that they are then able to build the beautiful house that is presented to the owners at the end. Most of the time, the existing houses are in such bad shape that simply adding on or renovating wouldn't work.

I think that God works this way too. In order to be close to Him, we must let Him come in and destroy and remove the things that weren't built by him. We need to allow Him to get down to the foundation and then rebuild. The things that we have built are rotten and are not suitable to build on. But, if we allow God to come in and build, the results are far more amazing and beautiful than any house you have seen on Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

Ask God to show you the areas of your life that need to be cleaned out and destroyed so He can come in and build you back up.