Reflections

2 Corinthians 3:18

And all of us have had that veil removed so that we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more.

This makes me see a mirror with a sheet over it (I tried to find a picture of this but had no luck).  It doesn’t do anything or reflect anything under that sheet.  It certainly doesn’t reflect the person in front of it, which is its purpose.  With the veil/sheet gone the mirror can finally fulfill its purpose – to reflect God’s glory.

So many times I wonder what my purpose it.  It seems like I should be doing something more for God.  But, if the analogy of the mirror holds true.  My purpose is simply to reflect God and His glory to the world.    So, a business person reflects God by holding to his or her integrity throughout a difficult situation.  A teacher loves the students he or she has in class.  A student chooses honesty over cheating and kindness over alienating the unusual kid.

Doing something for God is kind of funny because we really can’t do things for God.  Usually when we try to do something for God we make a huge mess of it.  Or we end up with this whole “if I do something better then God will love me more” kind of mentality.  This is ludicrous because God couldn’t love us more than he already does.