Fixer-Upper

“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

Home designers and contractors recommend restoration for some projects, while others need demolishing and rebuilding. Depending on the repairs and renovations needed or wanted, they usually complete their work in one to four months.

We choose to make some life changes; others are needful. We are all “fixer-uppers” worth fixing—God wants every life “fixed.” But He doesn’t restore unbelievers who surrender to the Lordship of Christ; He demolishes sinners’ pasts, washes their sin-stained hearts white as snow by the blood of Jesus, and sets them on a new foundation to build their lives upon—Christ Jesus.

Although changed instantly, new believers (and established ones) must choose to live as God’s reborn creations in Christ. That means daily putting away the old nature, desires, ways, and company that wants to creep back into and debilitate their lives (and our lives). God’s sinless Son died for us so we could be made right with God. 

Everyone needs “fixing up,” and God wants us fixed. As His new creations, we are to build our lives on Jesus, the Solid Rock and tell others how they can be born again, reconciled to—made right with, and brought back to God (2 Cor 5:17–21).