Mirror Image

I have two sons who people say are the mirror image of their dad. Do they really look physically identical? No. They have some resemblance, but certainly not identical as looking in a mirror would portray. So why do people call them the mirror image of their Dad? Well, they stand the same, walk the same, and often act the same. My sons portray to others many of the same attributes that their dad does. If someone wanted to know what my husbands’ personality and character were like, they could probably watch my sons for a while and have a pretty good idea. Children often do reflect different aspects of their parents’ personalities and character in their own. I had a fun lively and talkative young girl in my preschool class one day. One of the other teachers mentioned… “You must have a really fun dad.” The little girl started cracking up and said… “Ya, he’s pretty silly.” We imagined that he had to be, just by watching her fun personality. She was like a mirror of her dad. Her fathers’ image.

Colossians 1:15 tells us that Jesus is "the image of the invisible God" and Hebrews 1:3 says "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being,"

So, if we want to see God... we just look at Jesus, for Jesus was filled with His glory.

I also have two sons who we recently adopted from Ethiopia. There is certainly no physical resemblance between them and their new dad. But I continually see them watching my husband and my older sons, and copying their actions, just like a mirror. At the same time, my husband is giving them his character by the things he teaches them. They are soaking up all that they can learn from their new daddy and big brothers, and becoming another mirror image… reflecting their daddy’s personality in their own.

Ephesians 1:5 says that we have been "adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ".

So, we also, as adopted children of God, have been called to represent Him, to mirror His image. He has given us the example of Jesus to imitate, And He has also given us His character in the form of the Holy Spirit who teaches and guides us.

2 Corinthians 3:18 tells us that we "beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image..."

It is the glory, the Spirit of God in us, that we reflect. The more we are surrendered to His Spirit in our lives, the more we will be able to reflect His image.

So, just as people can look at my boys and see their father, can people look at us and see our heavenly Father? What do we need to surrender to His Spirit right now in order to be a better mirror image?