A little Re-Wiring

So lately I have been watching a cute little show called Fixer Upper.   In case you are not familiar with it, it’s a show about this adorable couple in Texas who help people find a house in a neighborhood they like, in or below their price range and then remodel it into their dream home.   As we get closer to our dream of buying a house I can’t help but pay attention to the tricks and ideas that I see on this show.   I love me a good farmhouse table and pretty subway tiles.   

A couple of days ago my husband and I were talking about different things we recognize about ourselves that are struggles/issues/things we want to work on.    One of the comments my husband made while having the conversation was “that’s how I’m wired”. 

 Today, while watching fixer upper…I watched as they overhauled a house.   They redid the flooring, painted walls, tore out old features to replace with new ones, added windows, rewired…It was the same house, the same shell, but yet it was new, beautiful home, functional in a way it never could have been before.    They took an old, dirty, broken house and made it new.   They exposed all of the hidden damage, scarring, wear, and rust, and saw through the years of paint, dirt, and life that took place inside he walls to see it's full potential.

It made me think about our conversation…What if we are wired a certain way?   Does that mean you are stuck that way forever?   Does it mean you can’t be re-wired? 

There are some things that we are wired for, for a reason, to bring glory to God through the unique way in which we represent Him to the world.   I also think that time and seasons of life can affect us, change us, grow us, and either make us a more refined, and Christ like person....or not.  But it's up to us to choose.   God can use situations, experiences, and trials...to wire and re-wire us to be more like Him.   But then there are those things…those crossed wires that the enemy has found a way to convince us are just who we are.   Those struggles or challenges that we believe for long enough, that we become so numb to, that that we don’t even think about change.   Or we hide those wires from the Lord for fear of the pain and exposure that comes with the breaking down of the old for the new.    God’s word says in 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; The old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”    What if we gave Him access to our attic space.    To the closet behind the hidden door.   What if we let Him in to see that which He already knows is there, but is waiting to be invited inside.   What if we gave Him a chance to come in and renovate everything... Maybe then we could be rewired in even those dark places where corrosion is so normal we stopped trying to flip the switch.   

The old is gone and new has come.   Gods word states it and I believe if we let Him, He will do that very thing in us.   But we have to give Him access.   Trust Him    He does want good things for His children, and sometimes we pray for those obvious things but stop just shy of the prayer that could bring a total and complete overhaul in our lives.   Maybe it’s time to pray and trust for a little re-wiring.