A Holy Mirror

Scripture:

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror;

for he looks at himself, goes away, and right away forgets what kind of man he was.

James 1:22-24



Observation:

John Wesley says scripture shows man “the face of his soul.” Basically, scripture reflects back to us what we look like, spiritually speaking. It points out our flaws, ongoing sin, and the unrefined (unholy) parts of our soul. By only “hearing” the Word and then walking away and forgetting about it, we are essentially saying to God that what He has to say to us is unimportant, that we know better than He does, and the areas He says need work? Well, really they don’t.

Do you know what it is to say that we know more than God does (in any area)? It’s the same sin that got Lucifer thrown out of heaven. Pride.

So listening to (or reading) Scripture without allowing it to change us from the inside out is what? Pride.

Humility, on the other hand, says to God “here am I, mold me into who You want me to be.”



Application:

We must know the Word of God, sisters. And do what it says.

Know it.

Do it.



Prayer:

Father, let me be a woman of action, who seeks Your face and Your will, who then sets out to obey!