We can imagine when we first allow God into our lives.
Imagine if our lives were like our house. We allow God into it.
First we see what we expect, we see him fixing up the drains, the sewerage system and all the things that you thought needed fixing.
And then you suddenly feel pain. You see God knocking down the walls of your house and tearing off the roofs of it.
It seems that things weren't as you thought it would be. You thought that God would come in and fix you a nice little cottage to live in. But indeed, he is building a new palace for him to live in.
-Plagiarized from C.S.Lewis