Don't Forget The Mirror

Text: James 1:16-27

Key Verse: “For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was” (James 1:23, 24)

Imagine yourself standing before your mirror in the morning dressed to go out. As you look at the mirror, you observed your hair is not combed, your clothes not well adjusted and everything just looked rough and disheveled. What would you do?

Would you ignore what you saw in the mirror and feel it is not important? Would you think it would be okay to go out all the same and manage that shameful look? Do you think you would be able to carry on with an air of confidence all through the day if you went out the way you looked without making every necessary adjustment? Certainly not. When you take a look at the mirror each day, it is not just for the fun of it. It is to ensure you are looking good enough and well suited for the day.

This is the same thing we do each time we look at the Word of God. The Word of God is the divine mirror that tells us exactly how we look. It reveals our true spiritual state to us and tells what we need to add on or put away in order to have a perfect day. In our text today, we are admonished to receive the Word of God with meekness. As we read the Word, we are to adjust our lives by it. This is what it means to be doers of the word.

We cannot really tell our true spiritual state until we take a deep and sincere look at the Bible. While it is possible for some mirror to give us a distorted impression of ourselves, the Word of God shows us exactly how we look. There is no defect in God’s Word.

More than showing us how we look, the Word of God has the power to set our lives right if we allow it. This is why we must make it a daily practice to take a look at the mirror of the Word of God before we set out each day. This gives us the confidence we need and guarantees our success in all that we do.

Thought for you: You are not ready for the day without a look at God’s Word

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