Refurbished People!
He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."

Revelation 21:5

In the cell phone industry it is quite common for replacement phones to be “refurbished.” These phones came back because of an internal defect. In ordinary language the phone “bit the dust.” These failed phones are inspected to see if there is any hope and if so they are refurbished. They look like new and supposedly they work like new. And in the world of solid state electronics they may be absolutely as good as new.

But what about refurbished people? Does God take defective people and if there is any hope refurbish them to look like new and act like new? Not at all, refurbished people is what all the “self help” programs produce. They clean you up, cover up your blemishes and make everyone think that are somehow different. But you are not different because of any do-it-yourself program. You are still the same and in the end everyone will know it.

God does not refurbish people. God melts us down and makes us new again! Revelation 21:5 does not say “I am making everything like new.” It says “I am making everything new.”

Refurbished phones may work fine, but refurbished people will soon fall apart once again. Let God make you NEW not Like New!