Building God's House

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.” ~ C.S. Lewis

How many of us have had times when we've felt like our lives are a construction zone and walls are getting

knocked down and rearranged? Every time a trial hits and I'm working my way through it, I imagine myself not just being remodeled, but overhauled, because I know there is so much work left to be done in me. And God is definitely not finished building!

When opposition comes, no matter how hard it is, we should welcome it, because God is helping to prepare us, making each of us into a place in which His holy spirit can dwell. The rebuilding pains will hurt, but in the end they will be worth it.