Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall; Who's the fairest in the land... This is a line from Snow White made by the wicked queen preening in her mirror.

Mirror: "a reflective surface, now typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, that reflects a clear image".

We know what a mirror is, and we know what it is for. Most of us use a mirror more than once a day. We use it to check our hair, make up, beard, clothing—we want to know if we look right—on the outside.

James 1:23 " For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:"

There are many who don't hear the Word, yet try to judge others as if they themselves are some great judge. Their standard is themself, and they believe that 'self' to be perfect. 

Matthew 7:1  "Judge not, that ye be not judged." They throw around this scripture (apparently the only one they know) as if it is the whole of the Bible. They must believe that it will insulate them from the judgement day. But it won't.  John 7:24 "Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

James 1:24  for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

We look in the mirror to see what we look like on the outside. We want to look the best we can when we make our entrance into the public spectrum. Do we believe that a perfect 'outside' makes a perfect inside? Most people will admit they aren't perfect, but do we believe other people must be?

 When we look into history, if a historical person wasn't perfect does that make their contribution in history null and void? If it does we are in trouble.

• The greatest event in history would still be recorded: hint Jesus is the only perfect person.
•   If only perfect people and their contribution were to remain, history would be small. 
• We are judging people of the past by our present. 
• Our judgement by any standard is flawed. 

Even with only one eye open peering into the mirror, none of us would be perfect. We have to be totally blind to think we are. Again, John 7:24 "Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment." Not that we can't judge at all, but judge with righteous judgement.

When we look into the Word of God we find that none of us is righteous, no not one. Why do we judge ourselves by one standard and others by another standard? Or as Stephen M.R. Covey has said,
“We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.”
James 1:25 "But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing."

Too many have stopped looking into the perfect law, the perfect Word of God. They have stopped respecting God and are rejecting His Word as their guide for their lives. As a great prophet once said:

"Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." 

(Matthew 3:2 ASV)

Hallelujah! What a Savior!