Day 24 - Why we renovate
Scripture focus: You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew, rebuild the foundations from out of your past. You'll be known as those who can fix anything, restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate, make the community livable again. Isaiah 58:12 The Message
We kept at it, repairing and rebuilding the wall. The whole wall was soon joined together and halfway to its intended height because the people had a heart for the work…. Nehemiah 4:6
Where did the people get a heart for the work? God planted that desire within them before they were born. Although we have practiced the habit of obsession over the clamoring of body (appetite) and soul (feelings and personality) – there is a still, quiet voice vying for our attention too. It is the voice of the spirit. We were created way down deep in our souls to build anew, rebuild on the rubble of our past, fix stuff, restore old treasures, rebuild and renovate. All this rebuilding is extremely focused for the purpose of making our community livable again. This is an act of community, not a self-focused call to keep remodeling our own tiny interiors.
The act of building anew is for the purpose of making our community livable. The ability to fix anything is for the purpose of making our community livable. The willingness to restore old ruins is for the purpose of making our community livable. The urge to rebuild is created within us so that we will do what it takes to make our community livable.
The need to renovate is for the purpose of making our community livable.
But for those swept away by the lust for body and soul satisfaction – disconnected from the spirit – these urgings are not so much a higher calling, as they are a competitor who must be squashed. To be continued….
Recommended reading: Psalm 27-29
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