Do You See What I See?

A wise man of God said "A prophet without a mirror is a dangerous thing".  Why, because a man who cannot see himself but wants to judge the lives of others does not have the compassion or heart of God to represent what the Father wants to extend to his children.  For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was (James 1:24). 

The same could be said for those with low-self esteem and low self image.  It represents that you don't really know or understand who you are or who you represent.  You only see the outward which shall perish, but the inward man is what is essential and is who you really are (I Cor 4:16). You walk away from the mirror and forget what manner of man you are as well.  You forget that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (I Cor 1:30).  You forget that you are fearfully and wonderfully made (Ps 139:14).  You forget that you are his workmanship and everything about you is wonderful because God does not make junk! (Eph 2:10).

Do you see what God sees when you look into a mirror?  God sees his creation that he took time to mold and make.  He did not stop there but then he hand picked you by adopting you into the beloved, then he gave you an inheritance and made you a joint heir with Christ Jesus!  The word says, what is man that thou art so mindful of him (Ps 8:4)? He was mindful in his development and creation of man that he would mold man in his image and after his likeness (Gen 1:26). Why don't you know you are special?

You are fierce!  You are better than a Psalms 31 woman.  As we say in basketball, you are two points and one.  The and one is a free throw that came with the two when you got fouled.  You got some free stuff that comes with being accepted in the beloved.  Now, that's some good news right now.  Because God does not stop with what we perceive or believe about ourselves, or where we came from.  He doesn't look at the mistakes, the shortcomings, the obstacles, or pitfalls.  He doesn't care if we are tall, short, wide or thin, black, white, purple or green.  God doesn't care whether we have political clout or whether we can barely make it to the poll to vote.  What he cares about is our heart and making sure your feet are pointing in the direction that he's aiming to take you!

So believe in who God made you to be, not in what people tell you and not even in what YOU see in the mirror.  The real you is your spirit man, not your flesh!  Man looks at the outward man to judge us and belittle us, but God he looks at the heart (I Sam 16:7).  Now whose report will you believe?