‘May the beauty of Jesus be seen in me, all His wondrous compassion and purity.’
Albert N T Orsborn
I worry that the beauty of Jesus might not be seen in me .At the end of the day I reflect on what I’ve said and what I’ve done. I remember the things I’ve not said or not done. They are fruitless lines of thought and all self-centred.
We need a complete reversal of thinking. Our thoughts should not be about us at all. It is God alone who matters. Our thoughts and actions need to be about Him. Then we need to think about the person or persons we are interacting with.
Imagine a desperately thirsty person having a drink of water. They might then say ‘that was a very refreshing drink of water.’ They are unlikely to say ‘The beautiful shape of the glass made that a refreshing drink.’ The glass is unimportant
We are only channels of God’s blessing, not the blessing itself. We are merely the tool God uses. It is the water that refreshes, not the glass.
‘Channels only, blessed Saviour.’ Mary E Maxwell.