Unshackled Moments ~ April 16, 2018 ~ Reflecting Awesome

The above photo is of Laguna Colorada in Bolivia. The lake came up on my screen when I turned on my computer. I must admit that one of the things I like about Windows 10 is the gallery of images that come up on the lock screen. I love images like these, where the landscape above the horizon is reflected almost perfectly in the water below the horizon line. I hope that you agree with me that the scene above is beautiful.  There is almost no difference between the image of the mountain and the reflection. The reflection is slightly less sharply in focus and the bright blue sky doesn't reflect in the water. But the images are so close that if the photo were cropped without the above horizon line view, one could still describe the mountain from the image.

The image to the right is the same lake from a different angle. The reflection of the mountain doesn't show, and it becomes obvious why the sky doesn't show in the reflection. The water is blood red. It's nasty. At least it looks nasty to me. Cool, but nasty. I don't think I would want to swim in it. When the focus is on the water, the resulting image is not nearly as attractive.

As I meditated on the image for a moment, it occurred to me how awesome an illustration this  is for us. We are not yet made perfect, and the result of still being in the process of having our life transformed to match our new, purified insides is that we are not quite clean. Sometimes we may look cool or interesting, but if the focus is on us, it won't take a hard look to see the nasty. But when we redirect the focus, change the angle so that the attention is not on us but on the image of Daddy we are reflecting, then His glory is displayed in our lives. Not only do we look better, but others can see Him in us. Our lives, even though we're not pure and perfect, can be beautiful, and the fact that such a lovely image can be reflected in the nasty water of our lives speaks to God's awesome power and glory, not to any special qualities in us. I have seen beautiful reflections in some nasty ponds and lakes. It's never about the beautiful water. It's about the glory of the light. When we let the light do it's work in and on us, it causes the majesty of God to be shown, overpowering the impurity of the water of our lives. It is only when we pull the attention back on us that the trash and death floating in the polluted pond looks putrid.

Today, let us remember that there is no beauty or glory in our water. Let us be quick to redirect the light to reflect the One who makes us glorious and purifies our lives and makes us new so that others can see the glory of God in us and know that they too can be made new.

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