The greatest characteristic a Christian can exhibit is this
completely unveiled openness before God, which allows that person’s life
to become a mirror for others. When the Spirit fills us, we are
transformed, and by beholding God we become mirrors. You can always tell
when someone has been beholding the glory of the Lord, because your
inner spirit senses that he mirrors the Lord’s own character. Beware of
anything that would spot or tarnish that mirror in you. It is almost
always something good that will stain it— something good, but not what
is best.
The most important rule for us is to concentrate on keeping our lives
open to God. Let everything else including work, clothes, and food be
set aside. The busyness of things obscures our concentration on God. We
must maintain a position of beholding Him, keeping our lives completely
spiritual through and through. Let other things come and go as they
will; let other people criticize us as they will; but never allow
anything to obscure the life that “is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3).
Never let a hurried lifestyle disturb the relationship of abiding in
Him. This is an easy thing to allow, but we must guard against it. The
most difficult lesson of the Christian life is learning how to continue
“beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord . . . .”
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