A Reflection of God

Today's Reading: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Be the reflection of God and teach His story...

This is one of my favorite scriptures in the Bible:

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."

Let me set the stage...God has just delivered His people from the bondage of Egypt. God used all the events of the Exodus to remind the Israelites of His might power. The night of the last plague, the Hebrews were given instructions to place a symbol on their homes, the blood of a lamb. This told the angel this home was with God and to pass over it. They chose to love God and follow Him. The Hebrews then began celebrating this event as the Passover to help future generations learn and remember what God did for them.

I want to challenge you to take a look at your day to day life and ask yourself a few questions: Is the Lord glorified throughout my day in my speech and actions towards others? Is the Lord glorified in my drive to work or school? What can I do during my time at home that will bring glory to God?

I think about my two kids and consider whether the things I am doing will make a great impression them for God. I want them to know of His great power and love, so they will tell God's great story to their own children some day.

We are so much like the Hebrew people because we have been given the same opportunity through Jesus. Jesus is the lamb that was sacrificed on the cross to save us, so that we may be delivered from sin. We have the opportunity to teach and pass on this great love to our families and friends, to remind folks of God's once again mighty act of love.

- Rachel Bright