When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Look through God’s eyes and what do you see? Your answer is what others see!
Your reflection begins with what you believe!
God loves you! Do you believe?
God made you! Are you praising Him?
God smiles when He thinks of you! Do you trust Him? Smile –Because, God loves you –and reflect the Joy of the Lord!
Not a minute goes by that God is not thinking of you!
Do you know how valuable you are? Is your reflection Clear?
Your reflection begins with what you believe!
Have you been rescued from your muddy reflection? Do you trust God? Do you believe in God’s love that he has for you?
Did you know that you are Christ’s gift to the Church? We are together, Christ’s gift to the Church. And, also, in Christ we have been given the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Look in the mirror again, and thank God for making you and together we will thank God for each other!
We, the body of Christ, are Christ’s gift to The Church, so that we can reflect God’s love for the world -A love from God that was given for whoever believes in His Son!
John 3:16-17
New International Version (NIV)
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
We can reflect the power of the Holy Spirit, who does do marvelous works within us!
By the grace of God, we can reflect Christ working through us. We are equipped and enabled to rise above our challenges and do the right thing always -that our behavior (our reflection of Christ) is trust-worthy and full of God’s good grace!
That we are equipped and enabled by God’s grace living on the inside of us to overcome challenges that come to us …
and Reflect Christ working through us with …
“Love, Joy, Peace, Forbearance (Patient with People and Patience through Situations), Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control. (The fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23).
In a world filled with muddy water, Love is a new way that has always been. All we have to do is to remember to be adamant to be a Clear Reflection of Jesus and God’s love for the world.
I will leave you Today with the Word of God:
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him (Colossians 3:17 NIV). And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father (Colossians 3:17 NLT).
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God … always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ … Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts … teach and admonish one another … and put on love (1 Corinthians 10:31, Ephesians 5:20, Colossians 3:14,15,16).”
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom and the Wisdom that comes from Heaven, is first of all Pure, which means it doesn’t leave you double-minded about wanting God’s help to change your mind! (Colossians 3:16 & James 3:13-18)
To be a true reflection of Christ, remember, that when someone “busts your trust”, our emotions are justifiable, [because we would not do what was done to us] – BUT, remember we are justified in Christ alone! Let the power of the Holy Spirit be your guide to peace and joy in the Lord.
When someone busts your trust, remember that we all bust God’s trust from time to time and it begins when we reflect muddy water in our justifiable emotions. Yet, God blesses us anyway. And so can we be clear reflection of a better way in a selfish bred world.
The joy of the Lord is in our reflection of Christ, who is our strength to reflect in a clear reflection by the grace of God!
In every thought before the decision (your reflection),
- Know the difference between
- “Satisfaction with Relief Justified” & “The Joy of the Lord by the transforming power of the Holy Spirit”
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 New International Version (NIV)
I hope this is a blessing to you. I hope that you dig into the Scriptures Today and learn more of what God wants to say to you. I know that I will too!
We plant and water seeds; and our Reflection is the bloom from where the seeds and water come, but it is God who causes the garden to grow. A seed will only fall from a plant that was prepared to bloom in the reflection of Christ Jesus; and the water is also in the reflection.
My thoughts from 1 Corinthians 3:6 … Any comments?
Love in Christ,
Karen Rowe
The Train Whistle, Sounding the Call of God’s Love