"Look in The mirror"

LOOK IN THE MIRROR:

How often do we look in the mirror? I’d venture to say at least once a day for most of us. We look in the mirror to make sure that we’re presentable. We look in the mirror to make sure our clothes fit just right.

Now on one end of the scale you have some people who look in the mirror really to admire themselves, they want to take a closer look and see if all the work of the gym is paying off or if their new hairstyle suits them better than the last one. Then on the opposite side of the scale you’ll have people who look in the mirror to feed their insecurities. They will look in the mirror and see themselves as too short, too skinny, too big or not pretty enough.

You see, the mirror is not just another household item, but it’s something that affects us internally as well as externally. When you look good in the mirror, you feel good. How many of us feel confident or proud even when the work you’ve put in at the gym begins to show in the mirror? And then how many of us feel ashamed or unhappy because of what we see in the mirror?

Now with all that being said, I believe that the word of God is like a mirror. When we look in the mirror called the Bible, we have to begin to answer questions like: Am I a doer of the word and not just a hearer? Am I a faithful believer to the Lord? Do I seek first the kingdom of God? Am I really bearing good fruit?

James 1:23-25 23  Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror  24  and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.  25  But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

Notice how the Bible says if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see when you look at God’s word and you apply it to your life, the mirror that is the word of God will begin to show you that you have some pride in your heart that needs to be dealt with. You have an issue with unforgiveness or anger.

The mirror, that is the word of God; it reveals where you fall short and where Christ can make you whole. The mirror, that is the word of God; it reveals the beauty of Jesus Christ, and it reveals the true awful reality of sin.

So, let’s take a look in the mirror; the mirror that is the word of God. Let’s examine our own lives based on the standard that is in God’s word.

And as we approach the throne of grace, let us keep in mind that the mirror; that is the word of God, which is the mirror that shows us how far God has brought us and where we need to allow him to touch our lives all the more so that we can be made whole.

Prayer: Father help us to look into the mirror that is your word, and examine ourselves according to your word in Lamentations 3:40 let us search out and examine our ways and turn back to the Lord. Help us Lord to see the areas where we compromise, Lord, uncover the hidden things that do not please you within our lives.