83 MIRROR IMAGE
83 MIRROR IMAGE
An image in a mirror will reflect exactly what is put in front of it; it does not matter weather the image is a good one or a bad one.
When we stand in front of a mirror, we can see ourselves. We can see every part of ourselves that we cannot normally see and we can see them from an angle that is more correct from others point of view. We can see our hand going to our face, watch what it does there and, if it is given a chore to do, we can watch to make sure it is done right.
What we observe about ourselves in the mirror will still have to be explained and accepted by our mind. A red spot on our face might be the start of a pimple or a birth mark. Our elbow might have dirt on it that can only be seen in the mirror. Once we see what is going on in the hidden places of our body, we can then make a decision what we are going to do about it. If we leave a smudge on our cheek, it will stay there until it is wiped off; until then everyone we meet will see it and form an opinion as to how it got there and why we left it there.
They will wonder what we are trying to project to them by everything they can see about us. The mirror lets us see this image and leave it or change it, depending on what we want others to see in us.
If we put on designer clothes but leave them dirty and wrinkled; this says something about us that we want others to see.
Without a mirror, we would have to rely on our other senses; like feel or smell to give us information about the parts that we cannot see and, then, we would be guessing. A wet spot on our seat could be something we sat on or something that we did.
Some, that don’t have immediate access to a mirror, will use a trusted friend to help them project the image that they want; getting advice and suggestions until they are satisfied that they are correct.
Before we use a mirror, though, we have to know what we want others to see about us. We have to understand what image we want to project and what results we want to accomplish in others. A sales person wants to project success in a business setting, as well as trust in him towards his customers, so, he dresses for this result and checks in a mirror to see if he is projecting that image.
God, in His word, has told us to check or judge ourselves; using His word and righteousness as our projection goal. When we understand what God wants us to project and then look in a mirror to see if that is what we are doing, we are correctly serving Him and telling those that see us that we are putting Him first and fashion last.
We use Jesus as our mirror image to change our appearance, so we can project Him to the world and not us. If we have trouble seeing Him in our mirrors, maybe we should change a few things about ourselves.
When we have doubts about what we are seeing in our mirror image, we can also go to our trusted friends, who we know are projecting Jesus correctly and get their advice for our own image.
The mirror will only show us what is real about our projection, the willingness to change what we see and do it, has to come from within us.
