Last week was the anniversary of the death of our King of Pop, MJ himself. While watching all of the tributes (can't help myself, I am a huge MJ and J5 fan!); I reflected most on the song, Man in the Mirror. God spoke to my heart through this song and it compelled me to look in the mirror of my life. That made me think about one my favorite Grimm fairy tales, Snow White. The evil queen has this mirror she looks into asks the proverbial question, "Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
"For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known."
You see most of us have impaired vision when it comes to our own goodness. Sometimes we are near sighted and can only see those things which are close to us. The things we cherish such as a hobby, friends or family. Not expanding our vision outside of that keeps us from seeing that there is so much more in life to be valued. Often when life provides us an opportunity to break free we are not able to let go of old and wrong ideas, habits, patterns of thinking and behaviors.
Then there are those of us who are far sighted; we project waaayyyy into the future for no apparent reason at ALL! We play a super-sized game of "What if?" with our lives and those around us. This can be very detrimental in relationships. Instead of enjoying the present, we worry about what will or will not happen. Therefore, we inhibit ourselves from recognizing when God is sending us a special gift, that is why it is called "THE PRESENT"!
There are host of vision related maladies that keep us from moving into our God-ordained destines. Such as short-sightedness-the glass half empty crew lacking foresight. These individuals tend to rush through life from one event to the next. Unfortunately they rarely time to live IN the moment.
Then there is tunnel vision-my way or hit the highway folks, they have blinders on and can not see to left or the right. They become casualties of their own captivity. Next are those who suffer from night blindness which Webster defines it as the reduced visual capacity in faint light. Proverbs 29:18a states,
"where there is no vision, the people perish:" Then you have those who suffer from cataracts and can not bring anything into focus to save their own lives! They are wishy-washy, can not make sound decisions because they just cant SEE IT.
The worst case is glaucoma-a gradual loss of vision due to pressure in the eye. This gives me the most concern because a persons can be under so much pressure in life (whether real or self imposed) that they gradually begin to lose sight of who they are in Christ and who he has called them to being.
What God wants from us is to trust HIS vision for our lives. Trust that the good work he began in us, He will bring it into maturity. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." Ephesians 2:10
So the next time you take a look at the man in the mirror, think not about what you see visibly, but what your inner man sees; "for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7b Ask yourself, is it time to make a change? Is it time to examine yourself and make some hard choices?
Remember, I have said it before "FEAR is just FALSE EVIDENCE THAT APPEARS REAL" Hill Harper
Take a look at the Man in the Mirror...Mirror, Mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all? His name is JESUS. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Colossians 1:15
Make a Change!
http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/man-mirror-video
wow sheshe! This is good..MEAT! Thank you!
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