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I have been hearing this song on the Christian radio that I have always loved. It is by "Tenth Avenue North" and is titled " You Are More" I like the rhythm in the song, I love they way they sing, and I like the words, BUT I really did not give the words that much thought until today. I looked up the lyrics on the web, and read what they were saying.
The Chorus: "You are more then the choices that you made
You are more then the sum of your past mistakes
You are more then the problems you create
You've been remade."
What exactly are the guys who wrote this song saying? What do they mean we are more then the problems we create? What does this mean? I think it means all that other stuff doesn't matter, because: "You've been remade"
Have you ever had a car that had a rebuilt engine? Maybe your mechanically inclined enough to have done it yourself, not me, but maybe you had a friend who knew enough about engines to do it, or maybe you paid for a rebuilt engine or to have yours rebuilt. What does having a rebuilt engine mean? Well the problems you had with the engine before, are no longer there, it has been remade if you will.
They strip all the parts down to the bare block when they rebuild an engine, and start over, with new parts. Maybe you had leaky gaskets, before, they shouldn't leak now, their brand new. Say you were losing compression in some are all of your cylinders before, new rings, possibly cylinder heads, bearings, shafts, rod, ........... Basically you go through every part of the engine and either replace it or make it like new. Then when you start that engine for the first time after rebuilding it, if everything was done correctly, it will sound beautifully, and run smooth. Not quite as good as having a brand new engine, because it still may have some of those old parts, but it does sound great.
Let's look at that song again: "You are more then the choices that you made
You are more then the sum of your past mistakes
You are more then the problems you create
Have you ever made wrong choices, have you ever made mistakes, have you ever caused problems? You are more then these, because "You have been REMADE"

God will strip you down to your block, yes this is painful, He will take out every part that is not working and replace it with new parts, His parts, He will fix parts that are salvageable and put them back in, He will take His nail scared hands and very gently work on you, until you sound smooth, until you run so nice. The friction in the cylinders will be gone, the leaky oil pan will be stopped, the timing chain that was about to break will be renewed. If you allow Him, God will take you apart down to nothing, and put you back together so much better then you were before.
God needs to rebuild all of us at different times, but He doesn't do it unless we go to Him. How is your friend, mechanic.....know if you want your engine rebuilt unless you bring it to him and tell him of the problems your having?
God is a gentleman, He will not force Himself on anyone. You have to talk to Him, You have to make the appointment with His shop.
I won;t kid you, the work is not always easy, in fact sometime if not most of the time, it hurts, it is embarrassing some of the stuff He finds when he starts to disassemble you. "Wow, how did THAT get in there?" But in the long run, you will be SO MUCH better then before.
God is in the Remaking business, He has been doing it since time began. His guarantee is without doubt the best ever, it lasts forever. Got a problem 50 years later, just bring it in, even if it is your own fault, which it always is, and He will put you back on the rack and check you out, and never charge you a penny.

Remember, it is NOT about our Choices, Mistakes,Problems, but it IS about our creator. He made you, and all your systems, so who else better to rebuild you?