Mirror, Mirror
One spring we heard a weird tapping sound coming from outside.
Investigating we discovered a bird perched in front of the rear view
mirror on the car. The little sparrow was pecking at the mirror over
and over. Amused, we watched as she stopped to gaze at her image
in the mirror and then pecked at it again.
After 20 minutes, Ray shooed her away. But she didn't go far. As soon
as he walked in the house, she swooped back to the mirror to ponder
and peck at her reflection. The little bird's obsession grew. Every
morning she flew in early to stare and peck at the mirror.
After the novelty wore off, Ray tried to discourage the bird by
covering the mirror with a bag. She just moved to the drivers side.
We covered that one too. Then she migrated to the truck mirrors.
That sparrow only had eyes for her. Did she see herself as the best
looking bird on the block? Or did her obsession grow out of relentless insecurities and self-loathing? Either way, it kept her from seeing and interacting with all the other birds. It also kept her from looking up to
her Creator.
The same proves true for us. When we look too long and too close at
ourselves we lose sight of the One who made us. This may well be our greatest hindrance to true transformation. It also stops us from really
seeing and interacting with the people around us.
To keep from becoming like the bird, either pridefully or critically self-absorbed, we need to turn our eyes to the Lord.
"But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory
of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory
to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2 Cor 3:18 italics
added).
Warren Wiersbe explains: "When we meditate on God's Word and in it
see God's Son, then the Spirit transforms us."
Change on the outside begins on the inside where the Holy Spirit lives.
Investigating we discovered a bird perched in front of the rear view
mirror on the car. The little sparrow was pecking at the mirror over
and over. Amused, we watched as she stopped to gaze at her image
in the mirror and then pecked at it again.
After 20 minutes, Ray shooed her away. But she didn't go far. As soon
as he walked in the house, she swooped back to the mirror to ponder
and peck at her reflection. The little bird's obsession grew. Every
morning she flew in early to stare and peck at the mirror.
After the novelty wore off, Ray tried to discourage the bird by
covering the mirror with a bag. She just moved to the drivers side.
We covered that one too. Then she migrated to the truck mirrors.
That sparrow only had eyes for her. Did she see herself as the best
looking bird on the block? Or did her obsession grow out of relentless insecurities and self-loathing? Either way, it kept her from seeing and interacting with all the other birds. It also kept her from looking up to
her Creator.
The same proves true for us. When we look too long and too close at
ourselves we lose sight of the One who made us. This may well be our greatest hindrance to true transformation. It also stops us from really
seeing and interacting with the people around us.
To keep from becoming like the bird, either pridefully or critically self-absorbed, we need to turn our eyes to the Lord.
"But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory
of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory
to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2 Cor 3:18 italics
added).
Warren Wiersbe explains: "When we meditate on God's Word and in it
see God's Son, then the Spirit transforms us."
Change on the outside begins on the inside where the Holy Spirit lives.
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