Man In The Mirror

Man In The Mirror

Tonight at prayer meeting I caught something about ‘Reflecting’ who you are. As I was praying with Kniles and cat something brought to my mind about being a Mirror of God, that when people look at you, do they see a reflection of Gods’ holiness and your purpose in life? Placing God first and being humble, not reflecting who you made yourself to be, but to reflect who God has made you to become!

Probably everyone who is reading this has looked in the mirror more than once today, and maybe more for others. But have you actually stop and really looked into the mirror? Is the person looking back the same person you thought you were? I’ve got to admit probably the first part of this year I was a very different person to whom I’m struggling to be now. If you’re close to me you would know where I came from, even recently in July I was going through a really bad depression stage. But for me, attending our Church’s youth camp: SOS in September saved my life. Now I can stand here before you and share how God has impacted me.

I would hardy read my bible before, and when I did I only did because I had to, but now I know I need to. So I asked myself, where should I start? Where else should you start to read a book, go on a journey or run a race, you certainly wouldn’t start in the middle, because how would you know which way to go? So Genesis it was! For me to understand God, I’d first need to find who he is and Genesis 1: 1- 31 best describes who he was FIRST and who he is now and who he will be forever. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. So if you read through this verse you’ll see how he created everything. I won’t get into depth about that, but what really caught my mind was:

Genesis 1: 11 – 12

“These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came from.”

 

How awesome is that! You are who God has made you to be, you can not be someone else, you can try to pretend to be someone that your not, but not for long and your only tricking yourself. An apple tree can’t produce oranges and an orange tree can’t produce apples. It’s that simple! If your name is James Brian, you can only produce what James Brian can produce. I’ve heard and learnt that the only limitations you have is yourself. You put out what you put in and if you put God in your life, you portray God out to others.

Since SOS, I’ve been talking to some people lately and they’ve all told me that they have been suffering from struggles that the world can bring. SOS was a confined and contained place where you could find God and be free from the worldly distractions. But now were back in reality and its not easy, for some they may have already fallen and some are battling to become better people.

It’s hard to change, you’re exposed to new things and you’re out of your comfort zone. But if it’s a change for a better life, for a better calling, I say go for it! You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain. Just a warning it’s hard! For me it is. But I’m glad it’s Hard, because if it wasn’t then it’s not worth fighting for!

-Mac