“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
I lean in closer to the mirror, examining my reflection. The face looking back is a familiar one. There are laugh lines around eyes a bit too
small. A gap between my teeth makes up part of a large, quirky smile. Grey hairs, not there yesterday, persistently poke out of a tousled head of hair. This is me. Flaws and all. If I were to focus only on what’s seen in the mirror, I would constantly see where I fall short, what needs changing and what I don’t like about myself. This is not a true reflection of who I am.
The Bible reflects who I really am. It is the best kind of mirror there is and it tells me how God actually sees me. It says that when I believe in Jesus, I am now a child of God. I am a new creation. All things that may have defined me before are different now that I am a Christ follower.
When the world throws ideas at me of who I should be, when my past tells me who I’ve always been, and when I have questions about
who I am now . . . I open the Word of God and let that truth speak. It tells me that I am chosen and God’s special possession (1 Peter 2:9). I am God’s workmanship (Eph. 2:10), I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Ps.139:14) and have become the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Cor. 5:21). Old things have passed away, I am made new. This is who I am.
Maybe there’s things about yourself that bother you. Maybe your past still speaks too loudly, or there are lies you still listen to. Use the
Bible as your mirror. Let it reflect truth and bring transformation into your life. You’ll see that it really does work!
– Kim (Hill) Elias
Council Fire is a collaboration with Intertribal Life Ministries and Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.
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