Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - WordAction - The Nazarene Publishing House (The Foundry Publishing House of Kansas City, Missouri, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Monday, 11 September 2017 "The Son Reveals The Father" by Norayr Hajian - John 1:1-18

Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - WordAction - The Nazarene Publishing House (The Foundry Publishing House of Kansas City, Missouri, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Monday, 11 September 2017 "The Son Reveals The Father" by Norayr Hajian - John 1:1-18
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word,

    and the Word was with God,

and the Word was God.

2     He was with God in the beginning.

3 All things came to be through him,

    and without him nothing made had being.

4 In him was life,

    and the life was the light of mankind.

5 The light shines in the darkness,

    and the darkness has not suppressed it.

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was Yochanan. 7 He came to be a testimony, to bear witness concerning the light; so that through him, everyone might put his trust in God and be faithful to him. 8 He himself was not that light; no, he came to bear witness concerning the light.

9 This was the true light,

    which gives light to everyone entering the world.

10 He was in the world — the world came to be through him —

    yet the world did not know him.

11 He came to his own homeland,

    yet his own people did not receive him.

12 But to as many as did receive him, to those who put their trust in his person and power, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 not because of bloodline, physical impulse or human intention, but because of God.

14 The Word became a human being and lived with us,

    and we saw his Sh’khinah,

the Sh’khinah of the Father’s only Son,

    full of grace and truth.

15 Yochanan witnessed concerning him when he cried out, “This is the man I was talking about when I said, ‘The one coming after me has come to rank ahead of me, because he existed before me.’”

16 We have all received from his fullness,

    yes, grace upon grace.

17 For the Torah was given through Moshe;

    grace and truth came through Yeshua the Messiah.

18 No one has ever seen God; but the only and unique Son, who is identical with God and is at the Father’s side — he has made him known.

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Believers have always wanted to know God. What is He like? There were definitely times when God revealed himself in the Old Testament Scriptures, but for the most part, God has remained a mystery. Even in the Holy of Holies in the Jerusalem temple, God was separated from His people. They could not look at the face of God and live.
Then a new day came when God became flesh and figuratively “pitched His tent” among us in the person of Jesus. God moved into the neighborhood. In so doing, God has made himself known to us through Jesus.
Do you want to know what God is like? Look to Jesus! “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being” (Hebrews 1:3a). Jesus shows us what God is like, and He shows us the way to the Father.
Similar to the way Jesus’ life reflects the image of the Father, as followers of Christ, we are called to reflect Jesus in a world that still can’t see Him. May our lives be a reflection of God’s glory.
Hymn for Today:

"O To Be Like Thee" by Thomas O. Chisholm

1. 

O to be like Thee! blessed Redeemer;

This is my constant longing and prayer;

Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,

Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Refrain: O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee!

Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art;

Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;

  Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

2. O to be like Thee! full of compassion,

Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,

Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,

Seeking the wand’ring sinners to find.

Refrain: O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee!

Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art;

Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;

  Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

3. O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,

Holy and harmless, patient and brave;

Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,

Willing to suffer, others to save.

Refrain: O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee!

Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art;

Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;

  Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

4. O to be like Thee! Lord, I am coming,

Now to receive th’ anointing divine;

All that I am and have I am bringing;

Lord, from this moment all shall be Thine.

Refrain: O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee!

Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art;

Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;

  Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

5. O to be like Thee! While I am pleading

Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love.

Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,

Fit for a life which Thou wouldst approve.

Refrain: O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee!

Blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art;

Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;

  Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

Thought for Today:

So all of us, with faces unveiled, see as in a mirror the glory of the Lord; and we are being changed into his very image, from one degree of glory to the next, by Adonai the Spirit.(2 Corinthians 3:18).
Please pray:
For developing Christian leaders in Dominica.
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