Mirror, Mirror!

1 Corinthians 13:12 – “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.”

Yesterday as I was preparing for church, I glanced into the mirror located on my dresser.  It is a two sided mirror that is perched on a stand.  One side shows reflections that are of normal size, while the flip side has a 5X magnification factor.  As I focused on the ‘regular’ mirror examining my reflection, I lost sight of the time, I was engrossed in the image that the mirror provided as I brushed my hair.  When it was time for me to apply my make-up I had to flip the mirror to the magnified side.  Only then could I see close up enough to make better use of my make-up brushes and eye liner.  Only upon close scrutiny could I see some flaws that I wanted to cover up with concealer.  It was only upon close review that I could really see the things that needed correction.

            It is similar for us in our walk with God.  We may see ourselves and our time with God as good, stable and effective or ‘business as usual’ and in a way this is like the regular side of the mirror.  We can get some things accomplished and they appear to be all in place and in alignment. But when we allow the Holy Spirit to flip the mirror so we can see more ‘up close and personal’ more things that we ought to work on become evident.  What have you asked the Holy Spirit to do for you lately?  My suggestion is to petition him to reveal areas in our lives that need to be magnified, identified and fixed so that our walk with God will be glorified.

Every day is a good day; it is up to us to make it a power-packed GREAT day!  Be blessed!  Dr. JoAnn