Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him. (2 Corinthians 3:18 MSG)
Everyone can probably say that they have been through the experience of being stopped and asked if you are related to another person. Recently I saw someone that actually looked like another person and not just favoring them in resemblance, but they could have been fraternal twins. If they had the opportunity to meet each other, they would have thought they were looking at their actual reflection in the mirror.
As children of God, that’s what He is requiring of us. Our faces should be shining with the brightness of His face so that we are being asked don’t you belong to God? You look just like Him because I can see His Son in you. As our transformation becomes more evident, then the only reflection we see in the mirror is Jesus. The image starts to become more glorious than before. The bible says that the process takes us from glory to glory. God wants us to totally conformed to the image of His firstborn, Jesus. We have been washed in the blood of His firstborn, so we are in the bloodline and have the same DNA of the family of God. “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29). The word tells us that our lights should be so shining that the world would recognize that it is God and give Him the glory “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). I told one of my brothers recently that he walked the same way as our dad, who is now with the Lord, use to walk. I was able to notice some my dad’s mannerism in him. That’s exactly what God wants from us. When people see our spiritual walk, mannerism, and hear our conversation, they should be able to say God is their Daddy.
From the very beginning, imagery was always important to God. The Laver that the priest washed their hands and feet daily was a bronzed mirror. This allowed the priest to see his reflection (Exodus 38:8). The apostle Paul mentions in the new testament how the laver is still used in our cleansing and reflection by the washing of the word of God. We get our transformation of our image through the word. “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word” (Ephesians 5:26). Washing in this passage is actually the Greek word “loutron” which means Laver. When we read God’s word we should be able to see our reflection. Just as we look in a natural mirror and see any flaws or blemishes that we need to correct, so is the of Word of God. It will be the mirror that will let us know if we are reflecting any character flaws or blemishes. His word is the mirror to our soul and will cleanse us so that when we do look in the mirror we will see Jesus.
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