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we’ve got to keep looking in the mirror; not to learn about the mirror
but to see the Lord. Then, as we see the Lord, we are changed!

Two things happen if you stop seeing Jesus. Number one, you are
going to forget who you are. Number two, the process will stop. As
you gaze, you are changed. If you stop gazing, the sanctification
process is over. That’s the process. The starting point is seated in
you. The process is that you look in the Bible to see Jesus and we’re
changed.

When we see the Lord and we’re changed, some people get
confused what that means. They think, “If I see Him as a great
forgiver, I’ll become a great forgiver.” But the Bible says, “He who
has been forgiven much, loves much.” So, when I see Jesus, I’m
changed. That’s true. But if I see Jesus as a Teacher, I don’t become
a teacher. I become a student. If I see Him as my Lord, I don’t
become as a lord. I become a servant. What if I saw Jesus as
omnipresent? Do I become omnipresent? That’s not what it means.

Let me illustrate from Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd.” Let’s
say that God shows me Christ as my Shepherd. Do I become a
shepherd? No. I lay down in green pastures. I’m led in paths of
righteousness. If I go through the valley of the shadow of death, I
won’t be afraid. When my neighbor looks at me they don’t say, “Ed
has become a shepherd.” But they see me resting and they see my
walking in righteousness. And in their deep heart they think, “He
must have a wonderful shepherd.” We’re conformed to Christ and
that conforming is by gazing. Brothers and sisters in Christ, don’t
stop gazing at Jesus in the Bible.

The starting point is that God has put His seed, His life in you. That
seed will produce after its own kind. The process is that we come
with an unveiled face and we look in the Bible and we see how God
sees us. How wonderful is the way God sees us! But will I ever
become like what God sees?