Week 25 2013 Copper Pearl

While watching an episode of Overhaulin’, a cable program where Foose and company build and restore cars to surprise their owners, I found it interesting that paint could cost $2,000 a gallon.  True, it was a special mixture, and copper pearl is a very rare color that requires a special formula with exacting proportions, but $2,000?!  As the work on this car progressed throughout the show, the obvious extravagance from custom frame work to body and interior, as well as, a top-of-the-line 200 horsepower engine that required compartment modifications to make it fit, the costs kept mounting up.  The end result was a car that exceeded factory specs by leaps and bounds.  It was new from the ground up, and it was beautiful.  I really hope that the recipient appreciated the lengths and cost of the Foose customization on his VW Beetle.  From all indications, he was.  I have never seen such a tricked-out Volkswagon.

However, if you have ever watched this show, you know that their creations are always spectacular.  Each job requires the work of dozens of people who are specialists in their particular fields.  These are craftsmen who take pride in their work.  It is obvious that they are passionate about their jobs.  It’s difficult to put a price on this kind of workmanship, although they do.  It is a small minority who has the financial resources required to finance this type of art.  The materials and labor can be tens of thousands of dollars.  The show leaves one believing that each completed project is a gift to the owner who is being surprised.  That seems to be the case.  Yet, the television production company doesn’t get off for free, neither do the sponsors.  Furthermore, the show helps to promote business that isn’t aired on national television.  That being said, no one, regardless of their gifts and talents, goes hungry on Overhaulin’.

Now, consider another customization, one that transforms what was once broken, deteriorating, and flawed beyond repair.  This rebuild can only be done by one person.  He is the only one with the skills and necessary materials.  Much like Jim Foose, this rebuilder is an artist.  He has a mental image of what the final product will look like and how it will function.  Unlike Foose, however, this artist has unlimited resources.  Furthermore, the recipient doesn’t need to pay anything.  In fact, the benefactor could not buy this restoration with all the money in the world.  I’m sure by now that you have figured out the artist I’m talking about.  That’s right, God has taken this worthless piece of clay and transformed him into someone of infinite value.  And, while He didn’t need anyone’s help, He enlisted many to accomplish His work.  All of the changes have been precise, being overseen by Perfection, Himself.  And, while it didn’t cost me anything, it cost Him everything!  Jesus gave up His life in order to transform mine.  He allowed His blood to be shed on a cross of shame, and then demonstrated His magnificence by overcoming the grave, and allowing me to see that this transformation will not fade or deteriorate.  No, this overhaulin’ is infinite.  I am a new creation from the ground up!  My pearl copper paint job will never peal or crack, and my Creator will always keep me fresh and new.