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Putting it Together
For whatever reason, God doesn’t zap humans into PERFECTION.
There’s something about the journey, the PROCESS of life-renewal that makes the heart of God glad.
This weekend in worship we’ll discover what it means to be equipped and engaged in the community of Christ as the life-pieces are being rebuilt.
Do YOU have the guts to take on a full–life renovation?
I sit there amazed watching Fixer Upper on TV.
Watching how they take the most run down property and in 55 minutes, turn it into this spectacularly remodeled home.
I guess I was disappointed when I heard that it takes their remodeling team months to do all the work.
When we were talking about remodeling our kitchen the amount of time it was going to take, was a big deal.
Living months without a kitchen and all the mess.
I don't know about you; I'd like to have it finished, like on TV in an hour.
It gets worst, the longer it drags out, the back order of supplies, getting inspections completed.
Nerves become frayed.
The tongues start to become quick and snap.
As time dragged on, our patience became less.
Did I tell you about picking out color, or after painting not liking the color.
So, patience is shot, so, one day I decided, to help things along.
I took it up on my self to put the back splash up by myself.
This was a wonderful act of love and good will.
Nope!
So, here is the problem and I don't think I much different than most others.
When it comes to problems, my problems, spiritual problem, I want to be fixed.
I want to be healed.
And I want it now.
I want to get rid of my issues.
I want God to get rid of my lack of patience.I would like God to give me this one hour remodel so I can learn please everyone in this church.
I can make the right decision every day, so everyone is happy.
I know that this is not how it works.
I know that God through the power of the Holy Spirit works in His time, not mine.
God works over a life time of a person.
God is always revealing more and more about ourselves, and we are being asked to think about a better way.
That happens day by day, moment by moment, nail by nail, over our entire life.
Piece by piece God is working in you.
You can look in the mirror and say, "God not finished with me."
Isn't that fantastic news.
God is not done with me.
We are a work in progress, and God desires is to rebuild us, so, we can reconstruct the world for Him.
So, how do we do the job of being rebuilding?
The book of Ephesians is a blue print of a full life renovation.
So we are looking at the 4th chapter of Ephesian where Paul is really practical.
He wants us to do the hard work of rebuilding, and that is never easy.
Think about this, most normal thinking people will recognize that what God wants from us, to be fixed up, will take more then we have been willing to give.
It will take more than once and a while reading our bibles.
Some time churchey people like us have come to our faith on a tear and a prayer.
A shopping list of what God can give us.
A couple of dollars in the offering plate.
To have God rebuild we have to have a full God life.
Day in and day out, moment by moment and nail by nail.
Living the Gospel with our best effort.
Take a look at verse 1.As a prisoner for the Lord then I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received."
that feels a little heavy.
God has chosen you to partner with God to rebuild the world.
We have a choice to make, do we just listen to it being read only on Sunday, or do we read it daily?
Then do we get to work.
You and I are a work in progress, and God wants us to do significant work on our lives and help the lives of others.
Let's get gut honest with ourselves.
When we think about yourself, there is some ugly stuff in there.
If we can be honest, we can see the brokenness in our heart, the shame of past event hurts in our relationships.
We can quickly see that God has a lot of work to do with us.
Think about your life.
Take a moment to reflect on this week.
Has there been a time in the past week when you said something you really should not have said?
You thought some thing and said to yourself,"where in the world did that come from?"
May be you have some times of deep sadness that you can't understand or times when shame over comes you.
A fear that was covered up with anger towards someone?
You know something is wrong, and its need to be addressed.
God wants to partner with us to rebuild our life, and this is something that you can't do alone.
You need Gods help.
We don't need to read another self-improvement flyers or self-motivation seminars.
What I need for the sin sick brokenness in my life is more of the fullness of God in my life.
Anything less is a band-aid on a large wound.
When I hear Paul say live a life worthy of a calling, I hear myself saying I can't or how?
I can't, not with out God's help.
I'm too often to stress or too tired.
Too tired to be all that God wants me to be.
If you are like me, than you have said, God I want to do better, God I want you more in my Life.
God, I want my life to have meaning and purpose.
I don't want to just slap another coat of Kills paint over it and just cover it up for another period.
God, I want to build a new stronger wall.
Why is so hard for us to say, God, I need you more in my life.
I need you to fill me with the love of Christ.
We have to recognize we need the extravagant love of God in ourselves, but we also need one another.
We need each other because we are called to be the body of Christ.
Look at at ” Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
There is one body and one spirit just as you are called to one hope when you were called; one Lord; one faith; one baptism; one God and Father of all, which is over and through all and all.
We are United Methodist, up the road is Southern Baptist, around the corner, is Roman Catholic, etc.
No matter which denomination it is we are all the Body of Christ.
We are one in Christ.
Paul is telling us we are one.
Isn't that crazy.
We have enough trouble feeling one with those who agrees with the doctrine of this denomination, how could that even be possible to feel one with people who worship in a warehouse or sing chants.
This unity thing is complicated.
There are so many in our churches who want to be right.
They would rather be right than be in the relationship.
However, when you break the relationship, you stop all positive communication.
What is left is stink.
And you find yourself all alone.
As Christians, we make thousands assumption.
We make assumptions that everyone agrees with me.
We assume everyone thinks I have an incredible solo voice.
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