Message from Scripture: 1/25/2021

Our message from Scripture today is Jas. 1:22-25; “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does.”

One of the last acts most of us perform before leaving the house is to take one final look in the mirror. We usually look and see if we need to make any last-minute adjustments to our hair, our face, our clothing, really anything to do with our outward appearance. If we are displeased with the reflection that comes back, we typically proceed to make the necessary changes. Even though we may not always like what we see in the mirror, the mirror will not lie to us.  It would be an injustice if it did.  We need to see what we really look like, so proper changes can be made.

In the same way, the Bible is our spiritual mirror.  Upon examining its teachings, we may see something amiss in our lives. The Bible will not lie. It may cause us to see things in our lives we don't particularly want to see, but if they are there, we need to see them and make the necessary adjustments.  Do you use the spiritual mirror, the Bible, every day, to examine your spiritual appearance?  Only you can make the changes if you are displeased with the reflection.  It is the person who makes those changes, not the person who only looks, that is blessed of God How do we respond to what Scripture tells us about ourselves? Do you heed what it says? It alone offers us the way to life today and eternally. Let’s make those necessary changes where we are truly doers of the word that find God’s rich blessings.

 Robert