My hope and prayer is that my actions reflect God’s goodness to those who see me. I desire to represent God to those in my sphere of influence (even to those I interact with at the store, Starbucks, those I pass along in the street). I want them to see my face reflecting God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit by seeing the God-Head’s countenance on my face, in my smile, through my eyes.
How do I do this? How can I know and reflect Jesus? John 1:1 tells us how, “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Jesus is the Word. Knowing Jesus is knowing the Word of God! How awesome is that!
Like any relationships, it grows with time and intentionality. For example, when I first met my husband, we spent all our free time together, getting to know each other, our likes, dislikes, tendencies, mannerisms, personalities. As the years have passed, we have intentionally made time for one another, take interest in what the other values and deems important, and we have grown together.
Lasting relationships, like marriage, take spending time together, take intentionality, takes commitment, takes love. We, the church, are the bride of Christ. We need to spend time getting to know our Groom by intentionally spending time with Him, getting to know His likes, dislikes, tendencies, mannerisms, personality. We do this by spending time in God’s Word (remember John 1:1), and spend time talking to Him. To represent our Groom to the world, we must know Him intimately and reflect His character.
“We can all draw close to Him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. We are being transfigured into His very image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18
“Jesus, we want to reflect You out to the world. Align our lives with Yours as we read, study, and meditate on the Word which is You. We hunger and thirst for Your righteousness. We hunger and thirst for You. Quench our thirst through Your Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. Enable us to reflect Your righteousness throughout our day; for Your glory. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
As you strive to reflect God’s love in your life, take a moment today to intentionally spend time with Jesus. Open your heart to His Word, and let His presence transform you. Share in the comments how you plan to reflect Christ’s love in your interactions this week. Together, let’s shine His light in the world.
2 thoughts on “I Choose Today to be a Mirror”
I need to keep reminding myself to wear Gods reflection on our face, to be a witness of Him whatever I do and the people i come in contact with no matter how frustrated I get with them.
Great job of sharing Gods word. 💕
That is my desire, as well, that people would see God in me. I once heard of a little boy who, when he heard that Jesus lives ‘in’ people, asked his mom, “If Jesus is in people, why can’t we see Him sticking out of them?” Good question!