Trash to Treasure

Col 1:13-14
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
(NIV)

When I was in college my roommates and I used to go ‘Garbage Picking.’ When the end of the semester came all the out of state students would throw most of their furniture away. We had a house that we rented for the whole year so we would drive around campus and shop for free furniture. It was actually a bit exciting especially when we would make a great score like a Lazy Boy recliner or solid wood coffee table. A little bit of vision, some 409, a dab of Old English furniture polish, some glue, and it looks almost new. What others thought as worthless we were hopeful and considered it as being valuable. What others gave up on and threw away we picked it up, carried it home with us and proudly claimed it as our property.

God does the same with us humans. He searches the earth for a soul in need of some vision and a polishing. While others thought us useless and worthless Jesus saw worth and value. He reached out and choose us to be his own. He picked us up off the side of the road and took us home with him. He dusted us off, washed us, polished us up, and made us like new. Then he placed us in his Kingdom and gave us purpose. Our sense of value increases and we go from being trash awaiting destruction to being a treasured possession in the Kingdom of Heaven.