SS Thoughts #15: Optical Illusions

Many people enjoy optical illusions. These are pictures that seem to be one way, but when you look again you see something else! This is because the eye works like a camera—it merely takes a picture. It’s the brain that actually tells us what we see. And the smart brains with which we were created are constantly interpreting things in new ways! Look at the following - what do you see?

So how does the world see us? What do our appearance and attitude say to others? Do they see Christ’s love reflected through us? Are they seeing a picture of a true Christian or are they really seeing an optical illusion – persons who say one thing but live/act another way?

Luckily God does not see as we see; “for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” – 1 Sam. 16:7. We must ask God daily—by “knee-mail”—to live in our hearts and to help change us from the inside out. Christ’s love, embedded in our hearts, should shine out of us for all to see. People will then be able to look at us and know we are Christians, “by our love”. They will see the true picture and want to be like us.

Are we Instagramming, What’s Apping, or Facebooking a true picture of ourselves? Or is it a distorted image? What about your selfie? How does it really look to others?