Have you looked at yourself in the mirror today? Were you impressed with what you saw? Or did you say to yourself, "Some changes are needed"? Or did you not like what you saw at all?
I pray that your day may be blessed and that you may fully realize that the Lord Jesus loved what you saw in that mirror.
When we look in the mirror, we see our faces and our bodies. However, Jesus the son of God invites us to see his image and glory reflected in the mirror. He does not want us to stay as we are. He wants to change us so that we might grow more and more into his image. He has a clear plan to change us. He doesn't primarily care about our appearance but rather everything that is within us. His plan to change us starts the moment we accept him into our life and declare that we want to follow him.
May God help us to remember that • true, meaningful change starts from the inside (the heart) and then moves to the outside, • God's kind of change moves us toward the image of Jesus, and • this change will be manifested in our attitudes and heart's directions, words, and behaviors.
This change is a lifelong process. It will not be completed until our life on earth ends, so that when we see him we will look like him (1 John 3:2).
We will harvest wonderful results only if we don't refuse or oppose his plan to change us.
What do you think? Would you like to take another look in the mirror now? Look for his image in you rather than focusing on your outward appearance. May this always be our goal, "I want to be changed so that I become like you."
- 10 MARCH -