My Contractor Designer Builder Knows

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy

has caused us to be born again 

                    to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.                              

I Peter 1:3

(I underlined the words I like.)

I’m having my bathroom remodeled. Wow, I never imagined those 5 words would have had such a great impact on my life! What I thought was a simple: just move the shower over here and put in new sinks has affected every inch of the space. My friend (a very patient man I might add) is my contractor/designer/builder. He had to go all the way back to the beginning point of the area I called my bathroom. It was a complete do over.

Our pastor is leading us in a study of I Peter 1. I find myself at verse 3 in my bathroom redo and my life rebuild too. Since I underlined the words I like I’ll try to explain why I like them. I say try because my bathroom is not finished and my application of this verse in my life is not quite complete either.

1.       Blessed - Worthy of praise is our Father God and our master Messiah Jesus (I like giving my God the honor and submitting to His leadership.)

2.       Great mercy –Because of His daily overflowing covenant love (I like the fact that His love is a minute by minute promise.)

3.       Has caused us to be born again – Has given us a genesis, a re-creation (I like knowing that this is a total redo of me.) 

4.       Living hope – To a daily gift of trust in His surety (I like that I can absolutely trust that He is creating me perfect in His eyes.)

5.       Through - This promise is made possible by Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection (I like that the sacrifice of Christ was the final covering of my sin and gifts me with all the promises.)

There have been moments when I have questioned my very patient friend in the ways and means of my bathroom remodel. My sister, who is visiting, has heard my conversations with my very patient contractor/designer/builder. She finally said, “Jan, just let him work. He knows what he’s doing.” And that is true. He does know what he is doing much better than I.

And God has basically said the same thing in I Peter 1:3, “Jan, just let Me work. I know what I'm doing.” And this is true too. Jesus knows what He’s doing with me much better than I. I need to trust His work until it is completed. I think it will take all my life. I’m glad He is a very patient God.

Jesus Christ is my contractor, designer, and builder.

He is daily recreating my life to be more like Him.

And He knows what He’s doing.