James 1:23-24
“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.”
I was working as a city police officer many years ago. There was a business that had a door unlocked, so I was following procedure and checking the inside to insure that it was not being burglarized. I came around a corner and saw a man with his gun drawn. I just about jumped out of my skin until I realized that it was a full length mirror and I was the man holding the gun.
I thought of that incident this morning when I looked in a full length mirror and saw this old man. It startled me to realize how the 77 plus years of my life have taken a toll. I am not as young as I used to be that’s for sure!
It is good for us to take a spiritual look at ourselves in the mirror of God’s Word. When we look into the world’s mirror (using the values of this world) we may look pretty good. We may even convince ourselves that we look pretty good.
The real test of our appearance is the mirror of God’s Word. How do we look when we stand before the Word and look at our reflection? Do we measure up? When the Word says to do something do we do it? I encourage each of us to take a look.
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
—Pastor Cecil
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