THE MAN IN THE MIRROR

"Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like."  James 1:22-24 (MSG)

"The man in a mirror" is a very beautiful poem that I loved to read while growing up as a believer. The poem emphasizes on being integral and true to oneself in the light of God's word. It re-echoes the fact that the word of God is a mirror (James 1:22-24). It exposes what is really in our hearts, our sins, our shortcomings, the areas of life where we need to repent. When we look at ourselves in the mirror of God's Word, we can see where we need to change. Therefore, it is extremely dangerous to ignore what the mirror is revealing to us.

Eli the Priest ignored his ugly father figure in the mirror and he eventually paid expensive bill that wiped away his entire family (1 Samuel 2:22). Judas Iscariot ignored what the mirror was revealing to him about greed, and he eventually paid dearly with his soul and calling. Mathias became an Apostle in his place (Acts 1:26). Pharaoh ignored the way he looked in the mirror of God's word as presented to him by Moses and he later paid with the souls of uncountable soldiers who perished in the Red Sea (Exodus 14:30). 

Beloved, have you been responding wisely or foolishly to God’s Word? What do you see when you look into the mirror of God's word? What is the man in the mirror saying about you today? People may be giving you pats on the back but what is God saying about you? I hope the man in the mirror is not calling you a fool. 

Friends, I urge you to please quit acting foolishly and get things right with God now. Please do it today!

THE MAN IN THE MIRROR by Peter Dale Wimbrow (1934)

"When you get what you want in your struggle for self

And the world makes you king for a day,

Just go to a mirror and look at yourself,

And see what that man has to say.

For it isn't your father or mother or wife,

Who judgement upon you must pass;

The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life

Is the one starring back from the glass.

He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest.

For he's with you clear up to the end,

And you've passed the most dangerous, difficult test

If the man in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years.

And get pats on the back as you pass,

But your final reward will be the heartaches and tears

If you've cheated the man in the glass."

My prayer is that you and I will receive more grace to become doers of God's word so that when the roll shall be called up yonder we shall not receive heartaches and tears as our rewards. 

Good day and God bless you.

Maranatha!

Bro. Okanlawon Taiwo

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