There's at least one show on TV that deals with "flipping" houses. An investor with an eye for potential buys a home, invests money strategically to enhance the value and resells the home over a short period of time to turn a tidy profit. I think it was much more profitable a few years ago, in the middle of the real estate boom. Shirley and I were watching the show last night and the young man who ran the "flipping" business was arrogant and driven. At one point, despite making hundreds of thousands of dollars on a transaction, he admitted that he had something like an addiction to the whole process. It bothers him to hold sizable sums of money in the bank when he's confident he can turn another deal. There didn't seem to be more than a momentary satisfaction when a deal completed, while the projects that were processing slower caused something like agony. So we have a "successful" young man who really isn't very happy or free.
But the thought today has to do with our own potential and the potential that lies in others. The Lord looks at our untapped gifts, our age, our place in the community, our relationships (in short our total picture) and He sees the potential value we can add to His Kingdom. When He enters through His Spirit, He begins to clean house, do some landscaping and add some sparkle to bring out the real person inside because He knows that we can't see all that lies within and we're not able to finish the process ourselves. He is the Creator and the Completer! I'm not really interested in being "flipped" for a profit, but I'm grateful that the Lord has committed to dwelling within and completing the renovation project.
John 3:34-36 (The Message) "The One that God sent speaks God's words. And don't think he rations out the Spirit in bits and pieces. The Father loves the Son extravagantly. He turned everything over to him so he could give it away—a lavish distribution of gifts. That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn't see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that."
blessings,
Rob Smith
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