Tuesday, December 16, 2008
What You See is What You Become
Often we don't give a second thought to what we are watching on TV or what movie we go see at the theater, or, if we do, we are told not to be ridiculous, it's just a movie. If we look in 1 John 3:2, we see that it is written, "Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." There are many things that tell us, I am God-money, friendship, intellect, sex, our flesh. The list is endless. If we consider one of these idols, for that is exactly what they are, to be God, even for a second, we damage our sight of the One True God. During this holiday season we see lights and trees and commercials that warm our heart, but so often Jesus the Christ is left out, and we are left to gaze upon the things of this world. Our desire as men and women of God is so see Him as he is, for then we are formed in His image. When we see His humility, our selfish pride is broken and we come to the cross to receive forgiveness for not caring about our brother. When we see His grace, we are reminded of the many times we have refused to forgive, even though we are told to forgive a brother seven times seventy times. When we see the power of the Son of God, we see our abject weakness, and allow Him to truly become the strength of our lives. Let us this Christmas break fix our eyes upon the only One who can truly offer us a change of heart, body and soul. One of my favorite songs by a band called Kutless is "Strong Tower" and the chorus ends with, "Your name is true and holy/and Your face is all I seek." I pray that would be the cry of each of our hearts. I love you and God bless!
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That's a very good point. I spent a few minutes this morning reflecting upon the fact that I was much more affected by the things that I've seen and heard than I let on or even realized, good and bad.
Especially in relation to entertainment, watching "White Christmas" last night I realize how little it had to do with Christmas and how much "the spirit" of the season, though joyful, is manufactured and what we make of it. It was a good movie, don't get me wrong. But as much as we honor and celebrate each other, which we will be doing a lot of, I sincerely want to be thankful for Him.
I think we need to enjoy having an actual feast in honor of Christ, eating both physical and spiritual food. Thanks for the post, its reminding me of the source of all goodness.
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