Under Construction!

I know there are many women and men who watch Home and Garden Television (HGTV). I do and there are several episodes I thoroughly enjoy such as Fixer Upper, Property Brothers, Rehab Addict, 5 Day Fix, and some new ones that have just surfaced. Of the ones mentioned, the homes require extensive renovating to meet the buyers’ needs!

Once demolition begins, it exposes years of neglect, improper installation of electrical, plumbing and foundation issues; that if not revealed could cause the owner twice as much damage and money down the road! There are also issues such as asbestos, termites, mold, and bee and wasp nest lurking too! 

Personally, anything hidden for a long period will eventually be exposed to the light; and for good reason! It could be demolished because it is such an eyesore, or restored, because there is still hope!

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.

Except the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; except the Lord keeps the city, the watchman wakes but in vain. (Psalm 127:1 AMP)

Labor cost and many want to eliminate as much of it as possible; which leaves room for errors! So the cost elevates when there are loopholes; because to undo and then redo correctly doubles the "cost of labor"!

Just like a condemned house, you have to detoxify the body and mind! Whereas, once you do, you become vulnerable for attack; if proper reconstruction is omitted!

⁴³ “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. ⁴⁴ Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. ⁴⁵ Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation.” (Matthew 12:43-45 ESV)

To ensure you are better than you were previously, is to allow Jesus Christ into your life; as well as read your bible! It is important is these days so that no weapon formed against you shall prosper and every tongue that rises against you in judgment, you shall condemn (Isaiah 54:17) As the old spiritual hymn composed by Edward Mote (1797-1874) says:

“My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand”.

⁷ And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?” ⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, ⁹ if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, ¹⁰ let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. ¹¹ This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. ¹² And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:7-12 ESV)