Mirrors and Windows - Part 2

Pretty sad that it took me three days to crank out a Part 2! But, I let my "blog time" slip in my schedule and this is what happens.

In the last post I talked about the danger of being a mirror when I should be a window. Just to make life a little more interesting I believe there is also a danger in being a window when you should be a mirror. My reference here comes from 2 Corinthians 3:18 that describes how we reflect God's glory much like Moses did coming down from the mountain. This is something that I don't deal with quite as much now that my position in ministry is mostly "behind the scenes". Back when I led worship and spoke on a weekly basis this was something that I thought about every week.

Worship gives us a good example of this verse, though I think it can apply any time we deal with God's glory. A quick look at Lucifer in the old testament shows that he is described by many jewels. The picture is almost that as God's glory is revealed upon him, he then reflects it to others. That was his design, and it was good for him to shine, because he was shining with God's glory. The trouble came when instead of reflecting the glory he wanted to absorb it. He stopped being a mirror and started being a window. That is the danger that faces us every time we deal with God's glory. We have the choice to reflect the praise back to Him or to absorb it into ourselves.

In this way I believe we were designed to be mirrors, reflecting our God to this world and guiding their eyes to Him. When people look at us they should see God's reflection, not just our own. And, when God works in us we should share that with others, not keep it bottled up inside.