I don't get old cars. I love seeing them when they are restored, and I enjoy the occasional ride. But I like air conditioning, power steering, Bluetooth and more computing power than the original lunar landing module. That's the way I roll. But vintage car buffs have a unique perspective on how God sees and treats us.
Most of us have driven past the rusting shell of an old car. Most of us look at it and see an ugly, decaying piece of junk. But they don't see what we see. They don't see what it is - they see what it can be.
And if they get it, they clean it up, sand it off, paint it, replace parts and restore it. They pour into that wreck of a car a lot of time, hard work and money - and what they end up with is a beautiful machine restored to what it was originally intended to be. They see the potential. They actually enjoy the process of restoring it. And they appreciate the finished product. Is it really that hard to understand how God would feel the same way about us? He sees the potential in our lives when we and others see only the wreck and ruin. He enjoys watching us grow, recover and be transformed. He restores us to the work of art that we were intended. He poured everything into our restoration.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16, NIV) You can't give more than that. The question is: Are we willing to let him do his work in us? Contact Mike via [email protected].
