I appreciate your lead up to and your last sentence - Because this mirror, unlike all others, shows what I am [and]… what I am becoming in Christ. It is so wonderful that the mirror of the word shines on us to expose our true condition before God but He doesn’t leave us in this state but makes full provision for us in both the blood and the water that flowed from His riven side (Jn 19:34). The blood for redemption to cleanse us from the guilt of sin and the water for regeneration and sanctification to wash us from the power of sin and set us free by His flowing divine life. By the flowing of His divine life in the Spirit we can be transformed and conformed to His image to be just like Him for we will see Him even as He is (1 Jn 3:1-2). And it is this seeing of Him transforms us as it did Job who said, “I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear but now my eye has seem You; therefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes” (42:5-6). So at once we see God and spontaneously we see ourselves and we are changed. Hallelujah for such a mirror!
Searching question, "do I wait long enough for His gaze to meet mine?"
I appreciate your lead up to and your last sentence - Because this mirror, unlike all others, shows what I am [and]… what I am becoming in Christ. It is so wonderful that the mirror of the word shines on us to expose our true condition before God but He doesn’t leave us in this state but makes full provision for us in both the blood and the water that flowed from His riven side (Jn 19:34). The blood for redemption to cleanse us from the guilt of sin and the water for regeneration and sanctification to wash us from the power of sin and set us free by His flowing divine life. By the flowing of His divine life in the Spirit we can be transformed and conformed to His image to be just like Him for we will see Him even as He is (1 Jn 3:1-2). And it is this seeing of Him transforms us as it did Job who said, “I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear but now my eye has seem You; therefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes” (42:5-6). So at once we see God and spontaneously we see ourselves and we are changed. Hallelujah for such a mirror!
Oh to be like Thee, blessed Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer.
Daily I’ll forfeit all of earth’s pleasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.
Oh to be like Thee,
Oh to be like Thee,
Blessed Redeemer,
Pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness,
Come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.
Beautifully said.