Notes from April Equip Time (Part 1)
This past Wednesday night, Wally gave us a greater perspective into being equipped for the greater things by drawing some vital truths out of Ephesians chapter 4 with special attention given to verses 10 to 13. In verse 13 it reads, “…mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ”. As we endeavour to become more and more like Christ individually and as a corporate body, and as we attempt to “father” and “mother” our community into the more that Christ has for them, let’s meditate long and hard over this verse and the vastness of it’s implications! “The whole measure?” “The fullness?” These words hint at something so incredible that my heart leaps everytime my mind rests upon them for even a moment. As DSTV say, there is So much more!
Here is some of the rest of what Wally said last week at the Equip Time:
*Reflect on the word “Image” (a mirror reflecting/a snapshot)
-Jesus said: “If you have seen me, you have seen the father!”
-We are called to reflect the Glory of who God is to the world/ to be “signs and wonders” to the world…to point them to the Father!
-Satan tries to get us to turn the mirror the other way around…back on ourselves! (“narcissism”: The name “narcissism” is derived from Greek mythology. Narcissus was a handsome Greek youth who rejected the desperate advances of the nymph Echo. As punishment, he was doomed to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Unable to consummate his love, Narcissus pined away and changed into the flower that bears his name, the narcissus.) Delusions of self-grandeur.
John Calvin (the 16th century French theologian and pastor) once wrote, “Look to yourself and it is sure damnation!”
Nick Davis, a South African Apostolic figure now based in England, said something similar, “When I look too much within myself and the mirror of me, I get very very sick”
With all this in mind, the simple point of making sure our “mirrors” are focused on him and not on ourselves. The book of James likens God’s word to that of a mirror. Wally drew out the thought that God’s Word is a 3D mirror: 1. points out our sin and then points us to the cross 2. it tells us who we are 3. and it shows us our future hope and purpose
Corrie Ten Boom (a Dutch Christian Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape) famously once wrote, “When I look at the world I get depressed, when I look at myself I am unimpressed, but when I look at Christ I am very impressed!”
Which way are our ”mirrors” facing? What are we reflecting? And what are we staring at, transfixed with, captivated by?
(part 2 to follow…)
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