The full moon recently got me thinking about Christianity.
-What does Christian mean? It means to be Christ-like, Christ person, or little Christ.
-How does the world see Christians? Often as hypocrites, but with a few admirable.
-What makes those admirable few stand out? They are those who reflect Christ the most.
Of course by now you may be thinking, "What does this have to do with a full moon?" Christ was called the 'light of the world'. The moon particularly a full moon really lights up the night. I could read outside in the light. We, as Christians, are to reflect the Son of God, like the moon reflects the sun. The people of the world are often considered dark, but is it possible that we are not properly reflecting the Son? When a Christian stands out it is because they are reflecting the Son like a full moon fully reflects the sun. Christians, why is the world 'in the dark' why can't they see the light? It is because so many Christians are not reflecting Christ. Just one last tidbit, moons revolve around planets, we should be revolving around Christ and not losing course.
Great observations. It baffles me that so much of creation resembles God or His loving relationship with His people. It's things like this that make me think of Paul when he wrote to the church in Rome, "For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made" (Romans 1:19-20).
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
i think we should use the acronym FROG to mean fully reflect on God in addition to fully rely on God.
ReplyDeletewe can rely on God until we are blue in the face but until we reflect God no one knows or cares