June 2, 2021 … Whom Do They See In Me? …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 153 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Joy Williams singing … Do They See Jesus In Me … poignantly singing of how we Christians should live our lives so that others see Jesus in the way we live. 

Whom do we see in the mirror today? 

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Highlight Passage:  1Peter 2:12 [ESV] …  

12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.  

… God, thru Peter, charges us to live our lives so that others can see God in the way we live.      

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  1Peter 2:9-12 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter exhorts fellow Christians (that us, too!) to live our lives surrendered to and for the Lord. 

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 5:16  [ESV] …   

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. 

… Jesus teaches that we are to live our lives so that we shine HIS light thru our deeds to glorify the Father in Heaven. 

Reference Passage: … Romans 14:8  [ESV] …  

8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.  

… Paul declares that no what we do, it should be for Christ’s sake.  

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:1-2 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Paul, charges fellow Christians to live lives that are worthy of our calling as disciples of Christ.  

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:23  [ESV] …  

8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 

… Paul declares that no matter what we do, it should be for Christ’s sake.

 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Lisa M Samra, AT THIS LINK … writes of the remarkable life of a Christian physician, Catherine Hamlin, who established a surgical hospital as a mission in Ethiopia, doing specialized surgery for over 60,000 women in her years in Africa.  According to the ODB author, Dr. Hamiln … “ told curious questioners that she was an ordinary believer in Jesus who was simply doing the job God had given her to do.” 

This story of a remarkable Christian doctor raises the question for any of us here … How are we living our lives? Or may I should ask it, … For Whom are we living our lives? … And I pray that all reading here would answer those questions the way Dr. Hamlin answered … or the way Joy Williams sang in the linked song … or the way Jesus and the Apostle Paul called Christians to live in the scriptures above. 

And that is, of course, … I pray we’re living our lives so that others would see Jesus in us as we live our lives for The Savior rather than for our selves.  So, [see photo] as we look into the mirror today, can we see Jesus reflected in our lives?  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being the image I desire to see in the mirror today - and tomorrow.   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to live our lives so that others see You, Lord, in the way we live.  … Amen

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