Look in the Mirror

This morning I looked in the mirror and wasn't very excited or pleased with what I saw.  However, God quickly reminded me that it was the wrong mirror!  The real me can only be discerned by looking in His mirror.  James 1:25 says, "But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does." 

When we look into God's mirror, which is His Word, all darkness is removed and we see the light of completeness in Christ.  Darkness is only in the natural world, and comes into us when we let the natural replace the divine.  We have been made a new creation, a temple of the Holy Spirit, filled with the very righteousness and life of God.  In Him we live and move and have our being. 

However, it is possible to forget who we are in Christ.  Looking into the mirror of our thoughts and feelings only magnifies attention to the flesh and tends to make us ignore or forget the truth.  The above stated verse in James 1:25 exhorts us to "continue in it."  Likewise, Jesus, in John 15, declares "If My Word abides in you."  This serious admonition to keep our minds and hearts renewed rather than be conformed to the world is reinforced by Paul in Romans 12:2.  The blessings proclaimed in Psalm 1 flow from keeping this Word in our minds and hearts day and night.  

Death and life are set before us each day. Which mirror will you observe and believe? Choose the mirror of life.  Choose to dwell on the life-giving truth of who you really are through the mirror of divine revelation. The main role of our recreated spirit is to be in continuous fellowship with God.  David prayed, "I set the Lord always before me."  We are instructed to stand fast in the peace and freedom that Jesus Christ purchased and continues to provide when our heart and mind are stayed on Him.  

It all depends upon which mirror you look into and which reflection you continue to believe.  We are blessed beyond what we can think or imagine as we reflect on the image God's mirror presents.  Not only to maintain our position, but also to be further changed.  "We all with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18 

Our life today is meant to be filled with giving praise and thanksgiving, rejoicing in His goodness, and walking in the divine power and overflowing joy.  It all depends upon which mirror we consult, and whether we hold fast the picture reflected from God's mirror!  Every time you look into the physical mirror, deliberately choose to also look into the eternal mirror and remember who you are by the finished work of Jesus Christ.