Praise God!!! I read this and all I could do is praise
God....
As you know I make it a habit to read several devotional in
my "quiet time" in the morning. I love Oswald Chambers so just
imaging how I felt when I actually read
the detail of my own spiritual awakening laid out:
Transformed by Beholding
We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the
glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image… —2 Corinthians
3:18
The greatest characteristic a Christian can exhibit is this
completely unveiled openness before God, which allows that person’s life to
become a mirror for others. When the Spirit fills us, we are transformed, and
by beholding God we become mirrors. You can always tell when someone has been
beholding the glory of the Lord, because your inner spirit senses that he
mirrors the Lord’s own character. Beware of anything that would spot or tarnish
that mirror in you. It is almost always something good that will stain it—
something good, but not what is best.
The most important rule for us is to concentrate on keeping
our lives open to God. Let everything else including work, clothes, and food be
set aside. The busyness of things obscures our concentration on God. We must
maintain a position of beholding Him, keeping our lives completely spiritual
through and through. Let other things come and go as they will; let other
people criticize us as they will; but never allow anything to obscure the life
that “is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3). Never let a hurried
lifestyle disturb the relationship of abiding in Him. This is an easy thing to
allow, but we must guard against it. The most difficult lesson of the Christian
life is learning how to continue “beholding as in a mirror the glory of the
Lord….”
How do you reflect Christ in your life?
How ya livin'?!!!
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