How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we
should be called children of God! And that is what we are!... Dear friends, now
we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we
know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
– 1 John 3:1-3
Who or what
do you see when you look into the mirror? Chances are that what you see is
distorted… Chances are that the reflections you see of yourself are not the
real you.
One of my
favorite movies is the movie Lion King. The star of this story is a lion named
Simba.
Simba did
not see the real Simba when he looked
in the mirror because of various things:
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Mistakes in his past
•
What His uncle Scar said about Him
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Bad choices he had made
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And a new philosophy of life he had adopted (a
kuna ma tata…)
The
reflections he saw were distorted this distortion caused him to forget who he
was. He winds up living with a wart hog and a meerkat whose highest ambitions
in life are breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then, one night Simba’s father appears
to him in a vision:
Mufasa:
Simba
Simba:
Father?
Mufasa:
Simba, you have forgotten me
Simba:
No! How could I?
Mufasa:
You have forgotten who you are, and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself
Simba you are more than what you have become.
Simba:
How can I go back? I’m not who I used to be.
Mufasa:
remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true king. Remember who you
are.
Question –
like Simba have you forgotten who you are? Have you – allowed: your past, your
failures, your sin, your bad choices and the uncle scars, meerkats and wart
hogs in your life to keep you from seeing the real you. I think it’s time to
look in the mirror.
Who are you? At this very moment God is
looking at you and saying… You Are:
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My child (a son, a daughter of the K of k and L
of l…
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The One I love
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The One I adopted into my family
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The one I chose before the foundations of the
earth were even laid
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The one who though you have flaws and failures
are still is worthy of my grace.
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My workmanship, my masterpiece
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The one created a new in Christ Jesus, to do
awesome things that will display my glory to the world.
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You are more
Remember who you are, look closer in the
mirror of God’s love and radical acceptance. You’ll have to slow down to see
your true reflection clearly.
Scripture
to Claim:
To all who did receive
him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of
God – children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s
will, but born of God. John 1:12-13
