RAPID REBUILD

I have always enjoyed TV shows about restoring and rebuilding cars to be better than new. Back in high school, I went to a vocational training school (half days) for Automotive Repair and Refinishing. I learned how to take a damaged car and repair it to showroom condition. The classroom work, the frame pulling, and dent repair were not the fun parts for me; but, I quite enjoyed taking a vehicle from the primer stages to the finishing stages and doing the reassembly. Meticulously, I learned how to mask up, prepare the surface, mix the paints, spray on the sealers, colors, and top coats. Every project became a delight as I saw my hard work being admired by the teacher and years later by customers, as I worked for a number of collision repair shops. I honestly enjoy watching and being a part of the process of junk being turned into treasure.

My Experience

When I fully surrendered to God in 2012, I’ll be honest, I didn’t know how this whole rebuilding, restoration, or transformation thing was going to work. I’d never been through anything like this before. Oh sure, rebuilding a car was easy but seeing my life rebuilt after losing everything I cared for (my spouse, family, friends, job, my church, and my health) was an interesting new process for me.

I remember sharing my story with a woman named Cecelia Mcleod. “Ce” is kind, encouraging, a fellow Christ follower, and a person who has overcome much in her own life. She told me something that rocked my life, changed my perspective from the core, and still affects me to this day. I’ve used the saying and made it my own: “I do the easy part and God will do the hard part.” In other words, eating, working out, living right, and serving God is the easy part - the part(s) I can do. God will do the hard part(s) - that I can never do (like healing my broken heart, taking care of my excess skin, giving me new purpose, new dreams, and a fresh vision for the future).

God’s Promise

“...I’m about to rebuild you with stones of turquoise, Lay your foundations with sapphires, construct your towers with rubies, Your gates with jewels, and all your walls with precious stones. All your children will have God for their teacher— what a mentor for your children! You’ll be built solid, grounded in righteousness, far from any trouble—nothing to fear! far from terror—it won’t even come close! If anyone attacks you, don’t for a moment suppose that I sent them, And if any should attack, nothing will come of it. I create the blacksmith who fires up his forge and makes a weapon designed to kill. I also create the destroyer— but no weapon that can hurt you has ever been forged. Any accuser who takes you to court will be dismissed as a liar. This is what God’s servants can expect. I’ll see to it that everything works out for the best.” God’s Decree. ~ Isaiah 54:10-12

There are so many scriptures that could be used, but this text is special to me. God promised me He would rebuild me, protect me, work everything out in my life for the BEST, and He has. He does. He continues, daily transforming me into a trophy of His amazing grace. Like those TV shows I like to watch that take a wrecked vehicle and transform it in 7 days to a dream car, God rapidly rebuilds our lives to show forth His Glory and Power to all of humanity. If you don’t think He rapidly rebuilds a life, take a look here at mine. I am living proof of what He does. 

My Thot: God is doing a Rapid Rebuild, Accelerated Kingdom Alignment in You and I. NO one can stop God's plan for us. As I often say, “The devil's NO Does Not compete with God's YES. Comment below and don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE for blog updates in your inbox.


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