How often do you see your reflection in a mirror? Some studies say that the average person looks in a mirror 8-10 times a day. Other surveys say it could be as many as 60-70 times a day if glancing at our reflection in store windows and smartphone screens are included.
Why do we look so often? Most experts agree that it's to check our appearance, especially before meetings or social gatherings. If something is amiss, we want to fix it. Why look if we don't plan to change what's wrong?
The apostle James said that reading or hearing God's Word without acting on it is like looking in a mirror and forgetting what we've seen (1:22-24). But the better alternative is to look closely and act on what we see. James said, "Whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it - not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it - they will be blessed in what they do" (v. 25). If we hear God's Word without taking action, we fool only ourselves (v. 22). But when we examine ourselves in light of God's Word and obey His instructions, God liberates us from all that keeps us from looking more and more like Him each day. The Bible is a mirror that lets us see ourselves as God sees us.
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