Look In The Word To Know Who You Are
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth,
that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures (James 1:18).
We’re the cream of God’s creation; the first
and best of all that He made. We’re the
manifestation of His glory; His dream come true.
Hallelujah! You may look at yourself, and wonder,
“Could this really be who I am?” You don’t seem to
have light beaming off you as you walk the streets. You
have unpaid bills; the last diagnosis you received from
the doctors wasn’t quite encouraging. There’s trouble
at home and at work. “How am I the manifestation of
the glory of God?” you might be asking.
First, the Word of God is true, irrespective of your
experience. What God wants is that you look to His
Word always, and not at yourself or your experiences.
Meditate on the Word, not on yourself! Meditate on
what God says about you: you’re the express image
of His person, and the effulgence or brightness of His
glory; you’re His trophy! Meditate on that, and as you
do, you become what the Word says.
2 Corinthians 3:18 says, “But we all, with open
face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same image from glory to glory, even
as by the Spirit of the Lord.” As you meditate on the
Word, you become who and what God says you are.
Too many people meditate on themselves and their
problems, instead of contemplating the Word. They
go through life feeling discouraged, because of what
they’ve gone through, or what somebody did or said
to them. It’s time to shift focus; fix your gaze only on the Word.
If you wanted to look at your body, you won’t
check your shadow to know what you’re like, would
you? You’d rather look at the mirror. Likewise, the only
way you can know what the real you (your spirit) is
like, and the power and glory in you, is to look in God’s
mirror. God’s Word reveals who you are, what you
have, your abilities, and limitless potentials in Christ;
so look in the Word to know who you are.
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for your Word, which transforms
my life and catapults me from glory to glory. I refuse to look
at the shadows, but on the realities in your Word, and
i’m thus positioned for the transcendent and ever-glorious
life of righteousness, in Jesus’Name. Amen.
Further Study:
James 1:22-25; Jonah 2:8
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
revelation 11
Micah 4-5
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
revelation 16:1-10
Zephaniah 1-2