Under Construction

From: The Word For Today - Bob Gass Ministries

1 John 3:2 "We are God's children now. What we shall later be has not yet come to light. We know that when it comes to light, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."

You say, "My life is so messed up at the moment." John replies: "We are God's children now. What we shall later be has not yet come to light."

Have you ever been to a construction site? It looks like anything but a building, doesn't it? That's because it "has not yet come to light." But bit-by-bit, under the architect's supervision, bricks, beams and piles of sand start taking shape.

You may be a mess right now. Indeed, if the church is doing its job there should be lots of messy people in it: people being pulled out of rough situations, people in the process of being restored. No baby comes out of the womb clean and dressed up; birth is painful and messy. But the good news is you have been spiritually reborn. You are under construction.

There is a plan and purpose behind what's going on in your life. Things will come together. You see, when Christ comes into your life your spirit is immediately changed, but your emotions, appetites and attitudes still need work - lots of it. In each of us there are areas that need to be corrected and redirected. And until they are we struggle to handle them in dysfunctional and carnal ways.

Those who say, "If you were really a Christian you wouldn't act like that," tend to forget that falling down is just part of learning to walk. You can know what to do yet struggle to do it.

Relax! God is at work in your life. He won't give up on you!