![]() When you look into the mirror, are you veiled so that you cannot see the glory of God? ![]() Perhaps your negative image comes from within – your own self-talk. Perhaps a mate told you that you are unlovable and you have continued to wear that veil. Perhaps you still see yourself through that veil. ![]() Perhaps that veil is the oppression that you received from a church that made you feel that you were lesser than others or unworthy. ![]() Maybe that veil that keeps you from seeing God in you clearly is the negative words a parent placed there – words that told you that you weren’t good enough. It might be because you have a veil over your heart. If you do not see the glory of God in your own reflection, it might not be because that glory is not there. However, in order for us to see the reflection of God in the mirror, we have to be “unveiled.” We have to take off the veils that prevent us from clearly seeing God reflected back at us in the mirror. Romans 5:2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.Įphesians 1:18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,īut, here’s the thing these scriptures make perfectly clear: if you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, repented of your sins, been baptized and received the Holy Spirit, that hope of glory, that shining light is already in you, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Colossians 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. But, they could no longer see His glory reflected in Moses’ face. With the veil over his face, the people were able to listen to what Moses brought to them from his time with the Lord. And Paul points out that the end, the future, the result that Israel could not look upon, was the glory of the Lord.Īlso, recall that Moses had to put a veil over his face because that shining face frightened the children of Israel ( Exodus 34:29-35). 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.įirst, I’d like to point out that Paul says the shining light on the face of Moses which resulted from his time in the presence of God was the “end of what was passing away.” What is passing away within every Christian? The old man – the human, carnal us. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord, there liberty. 16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the is taken away in Christ. Let’s back up a bit and take the preceding scriptures.Ģ Corinthians 3:13-18 13 unlike Moses, put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. I’m making my own interpretation here, but it seems to me that he is saying that we should be seeing the reflection of God’s own glory when we look in the mirror because we are being transformed into glory by the Holy Spirit. Note that Paul says we behold the glory of the Lord as in a mirror. Would the image be clear or a little fuzzy?Ģ Corinthians 3 has something to say about what we see – or should see – in the mirror.Ģ Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. What if that mirror, instead of reflecting your DNA, your years of experience, your mother’s smile, your father’s nose, reflected your soul? Would you see a heart of love? A spirit of hope? A mind of steadfastness? A soul of patience? I’ve arrived at that age where I require a magnifying mirror to put on my makeup properly. What do you see when you look in the mirror? Wrinkles? A crooked smile? Laugh lines? Someone too old, too young, too pale, too dark? For me, unless I am wearing my glasses, I don’t see anything clearly. By CGI New York | Ma| Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
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