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“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven“ (Matthew 5:16).
If we were to video tape ourselves for a day, would the viewing of that tape be consistent with how we perceived ourselves? Watching the tape allows us to see ourselves as others and God see us. In the final analysis, it matters not what we may think of ourselves or what others may think of us; what really matters is how we appear to God. The reality is that God sees us the way we actually are, in thought and action. May we so live that a video of ourselves would portray a life pleasing to God.
“But to me it is a very small thing that I should be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord“ (1 Corinthians 4:3-4).
Ron Adams
via Chapman church of Christ
Ripley, MS