The Makeover
Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house.
At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you know that those jobs need doing and so you are not surprised.
But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense.
What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards.
You thought you were going to make it into a decent little cottage, but He is building a palace.
He intends to come and live in it Himself.
- C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from
whom his whole family in heaven and on earth
derives its name.
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may
strengthen you with power through his Spirit
in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in
your hearts by faith...
that you may be filled to the measure of all the
fullness of God.
- Ephesians 3:14-19
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If
anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I
will come in and eat with him and he with me.
- Revelation 3:20
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