So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT)
Most of us have looked in the mirror at one time or another, asking the familiar fairy-tale question: Mirror, mirror on the wall…? As a young teen, I’d look at my peers and complain, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, why’d you make me so tall?”
The thing about mirrors is, they never lie. What you see is what everyone else sees, at least physically. And sometimes, all our best efforts to accentuate the positive and downplay the negative still leave us discontented with our looks.
But Jesus never lies either. It’s just that He sees things differently than we do. He gauges our “looks” by a different mirror. We’re not too short, too tall, too big, or too small. He doesn’t measure us by a wooden yard- stick, or compare us to our peers. He knows we are uniquely made, one of a kind, a creatively designed child of His. And He looks at our hearts, not at our outward characteristics (1 Samuel 16:7).
Unfortunately, we see ourselves through a veil. Jesus wants to remove that veil so we can view His mirror, not ours. As His followers, what He wants us to see is His reflection daily. And the more we look into His mirror and what He says about us, the more we’ll come to believe—and reflect—His image. When we look into His mirror, we’ll see what Jesus sees: “beautiful,” “loved,” “redeemed,” “Mine.”
Faith Step: The next time you look into your mirror and are tempted to complain, remember how Jesus sees you. Thank Him, not only for making you unique, but for creating you in His image.
