COLOSSIANS 3:5, 7-10
EXTREME MAKEOVER: JESUS EDITION
Colossians 3:5, 7-10 (BSB) Put to deathG3499, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewedG341 in knowledge in the imageG1504 of its Creator.
G3499 nĕkrŏō – to deaden, i.e. (fig.) to subdue: – be dead, mortify.
G341 anakainŏō – to renovate: – renew.
G1504 ĕikōn – a likeness, i.e. (lit.) stature, profile, or (fig.) representation, resemblance: – image.
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
There are many things in my life that had to be destroyed,
when Christ came in to begin my renovation.
He forgave me and saved me instantaneously,
but my renewal takes daily dedication.
It’s an extreme makeover to take my ill-used life
and restore it to the image of its Creator;
but as I rid myself of the old things and yield complete control,
I’ll be renewed in heart and mind by my Savior.
We love to watch “Extreme Makeover – Home Edition”. It is upbeat, encouraging, and interesting. The design team often has to completely demolish the old house in order to build a firmer and larger foundation for the picture they have in mind. They design a home for the specific needs of the particular family they are helping that week—handicap access, super filters, larger kitchens— whatever would make life better for them. Our Lord wants to restore us to our created state— that is in the image of the Creator. To do that he sometimes has to tear down many old, unstable walls in our lives. We help in this process by daily yielding our members to his control and consciously allowing him to remove the bad to make room for the best. The design God has in mind for your life is specific to your needs and what he desires to accomplish through you. Your part in the process is to be willing to put off that old self and put on Christ. This is done through praying, confessing, and yielding to the Holy Spirit as he speaks truth to your heart. The design team led by Ty Pennington does an excellent job of meeting a family’s special needs each week. The family is always amazed at how the house exceeds their wildest dreams. Our heavenly Father “is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” (Ephesians 3:20). Now, that’s an extreme makeover!
Father, we thank you that you are constantly renewing us and conforming us to the image of Christ Jesus. Please help us to remain as clay in your hands, allowing you to make us into exactly what you have designed us to be.