Are you grounded in the word?
It can be easy to be shaken while walking through this world on a daily basis. We are called to walk the walk. God does not ever want us to forget what He has done for us. Yet, so many walk daily, forgetting His love or living in denial that His presence was ever known on this earth.
When I was a teenage girl, I would spend time in front of the mirror on the daily. I’m not sure what I was trying to see, but I know that I focused on the imperfections that popped up. I was somewhat obsessed with popping zits. The imperfections of my physical appearance captured my attention.
At this age, I aim to push away from the mirror. Much more of my time is spent in God’s word or trying to execute His call for my life. He wants all of His children to share the knowledge we have of Him. He desires for all of His sheep to be found and returned to Him, so that all will be with Him for eternity.
I recently heard an account of a woman who had experienced death and was returned to her body. She was without oxygen for 30 minutes, yet she was recounting her story to an audience. She did not suffer any of the long term effects of being without oxygen for over 6 minutes. She revealed that approximately 20 million individuals in this country alone have experienced death and returned. She spoke on her experience of not feeling judged, but feeling grace and peace. These feelings she experienced were in the presence of Christ, whom she recognized just as easily as she would her husband of 30 years.
This account should make all of us push away from the mirror and stop focusing on our imperfections. The value of walking with God on a daily basis will bring grace and peace to our lives on earth and for eternity. We all still hear of God, maybe it’s time to never forget the one who has been with us from the beginning.
James 1: 22- 24
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.”
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