| The Joy of Service |
Chapter 4 |
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Not only by telling others of God may we glorify Him, but also in our own life. Being is more than speaking. In the Palazzo Rospiglioso, in Rome, is the great picture of the Aurora. It is on the ceiling, and can be studied only with much difficulty from the floor. But a mirror is so placed on a table that it reflects the picture, and one can study it there with ease and pleasure.
God is a spirit; and He is in heaven, dwelling in light unapproachable. The incarnation was the bringing of the reflection of the glorious person of God down to earth in a human life. Men looked at Jesus, and saw in Him the very image of God.
Jesus is no longer here in the flesh to reveal the unseen God; but we are here for Him, and it is ours, if we are truly Christians, to be mirrors, reflecting in our own character the beauty of the Lord, and thus glorifying Him. It is of the utmost importance that those who look into the mirror of our life may see a true and faithful revealing of God. How else shall they learn what God is like? It would be a sad thing if we should misrepresent Him, giving to any one a wrong thought of His character.
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