Window
trans·par·ent
trans’per?nt/
adjective
1. (of a material or article) allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.
A man looks through the window of a church and asks himself: “I wonder if people can look at me and see Jesus. I wonder what they do see?”
Transparency for me and my life has not been a value of mine, until very recently. For me back not to long ago, I wasn’t living a life that was transparent. I lived a life that was clouded, not for the pleasure of The Lord. My life became a total contradiction. I was living like some Christians live. I would say I am a Christian, that I go to church and that I love God. But, I constantly lied and was trying to please others, anyone other than God.
The man see’s his reflection in the window and suddenly hears a voice say:
“If you surrender everything, they will only see Me. The image you so badly want to have does not satisfy. You are a great and wonderful creation, You are My child.”
He began to weep and realize that his job, his image at social events and this “American Dream” he was chasing was really a nightmare. A once Jesus chasing college student is sitting on the side of a church 20 years later crying out to The Father.
Sometimes we need this reality check. Do people really know who you are? Do people see Jesus when they look at you and your life? Could the image your displaying be skewed because you haven’t been cleaning your window daily? I want people to look at me and be able to see a Jesus. I want to be cleaning my glass daily. I want to be transparent as I am now, to be the same as when I go home. That’s something you all can be praying for as this journey starts to come to an end.
“being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
??Philippians? ?1:6? ?NIV??
Much Love,
Mack
