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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Transformed for Home
1 Corinthians 15:52-57
We love stories about transformation. Flip on the TV and someone is taking an old, out-of-date home and
turning it into a person’s dream home. Wallpaper is replaced by shiplap, new flooring is installed, and new
lighting and fixtures brighten up the space. Suddenly what was old is new again. In just half an hour we saw
something ugly transformed into something beautiful.
Easter promises a transformation that is instant. TV shows can take a complicated project that might take weeks
or months and edit it down to just half an hour. However, even that is too slow as compared to the
instantaneous transformation that God promises. No commercial breaks and no filler shots. Instead, it will
happen in the blink of an eye and you and I will be new again.
Easter promises a transformation that is complete. This transformation is more than just shiplap, flooring, and
fixtures. This transformation means that our bodies, however imperfect they may be now, will be perfect like
they were meant to be. There won’t be any more sickness, disability, or death. The aches and pains, the stress
and heartache, the death and sadness will all be gone. Instead, you and I will enjoy living as we were meant to live
in a perfect eternity.
Easter promises a spiritual transformation. Our entire being and souls will be made perfect. We will live and
serve without sin. No longer will jealousy, selfishness or anger harm even the best of our intentions but we will
know love and obedience like God knows love and obedience. Sin with its temptation and guilt will not afflict us
any longer. We will be holy and perfect and truly at one with God.
When you watch some of those remodeling shows you sometimes wonder why the previous owner did what
they did. What were they thinking with that shag carpeting and all that paneling on the walls? When the
remodelers get done it seems like the home is finally the way it was meant to be. The transformation that you
and I will experience will be the same. More than any questionable design decisions from the seventies, you and
I were never meant to experience things like death, heartbreak or disobedience. We brought these terrible things
onto ourselves but we were never meant to experience them. And so in the ultimate transformation, you and I
will experience life as it was meant to be. With the power of sin, death, and the law broken, we will be
transformed and will be as we were always meant to be.
PRAYER: Father, you will transform our lowly bodies to be like your heavenly body. Keep our hearts and
minds set on that day that we may look forward with perfect confidence and eager expectation. Amen.
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