{"id":25448,"date":"2022-07-09T20:12:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspiredwoman.org\/?p=25448"},"modified":"2022-07-13T02:30:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T02:30:34","slug":"redeemed-repurposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredwoman.org\/?p=25448","title":{"rendered":"Redeemed &#038; Repurposed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25448\" class=\"elementor elementor-25448\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c5ed14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c5ed14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccfdaae\" data-id=\"ccfdaae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be99def elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be99def\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Edith Wharton once said, \u201cThere are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle OR the mirror that reflects it.\u201d Her words remind me that before you can ever truly reflect Christ to others, you must first see Christ in you.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Colossians 3:10-11 says, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;You\u2019ve become a new person. This new person is continually renewed in knowledge to be like its Creator. Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, uncivilized person, slave or free person. Instead, Christ is everything and in everything.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">As Christians, we know there are certain ways we should speak, think, and act towards others, but what does it say about our belief in God\u2019s Word when we withhold these same things from ourselves?<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Change Your Perspective<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In other words, we need to be kind, humble, gentle, and patient\u2026 with ourselves. We need to forgive&#8230; ourselves (the way God has forgiven us). We should love&#8230; ourselves (the way God loves us). And we need to allow God to reveal His kindness&#8230; to us (not just to others).<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Paul said, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord&#8221; (2 Corinthians 3:18).<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> In a previous post, I had you pretend you were looking in a mirror as I read this verse to you \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cbeholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> \u2014 because this is what God sees (Christ in you).<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">To be unveiled means to take the mask off and truly reveal yourself. But this instruction is directed more toward allowing OTHERS TO SEE US (not the mess necessarily, but the redeemed mess). The Bible says we have been redeemed and repurposed for Christ&#8211; and isn\u2019t this what makes Pinterest so popular? We love to see something that was thrown out as junk turned into something amazing.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Let\u2019s read this verse in the Amplified: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more] glory, which comes from the Lord, [who is] the Spirit.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The key word in this verse is continued. In other words, we need to continually (without interruption or distraction) face the mirror of God\u2019s Word and let it transform us. Mirrors always accurately reflect or imitate what is put before them. But therein is the problem: God\u2019s Word is a mirror&#8211; and we often feel inferior to it. But that&#8217;s also the solution! God\u2019s Word is a mirror\u2014 so as we continue to look at it, we will be transformed!<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The mirror of God\u2019s Word isn\u2019t like our natural mirrors. It has the unique ability to show what God sees, not what we see.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Useful for the Master<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">One of the most encouraging scriptures in the whole Bible is 2 Timothy 2:20-21, which says, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The Amplified says, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;Now in a large house there are not only vessels and objects of gold and silver, but also vessels and objects of wood and of earthenware, and some are for honorable (noble, good) use and some for dishonorable (ignoble, common). Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things [which are dishonorable\u2014disobedient, sinful], he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified [set apart for a special purpose and], useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The encouraging part of this passage is that we have been given complete control over our outcome. No matter how you came to Christ, you are NOT doomed to stay that way.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Think about Rahab. She is mentioned in Hebrews 11 (the\u201cFaith Hall of Fame\u201d) as the \u201charlot Rahab&#8221; (because that\u2019s where she started) but she is honored among great men because that\u2019s not where she stayed!&nbsp; Rahab was the mother of Boaz, who was the grandfather of Jesse, the father of King David. All of these are in the direct line of descendants to Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Paul told Timothy: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">&#8220;&#8230;if anyone cleanses himself&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> they will be a vessel of honor. It wasn&#8217;t overnight, but little by little, I made adjustments in my early years as a baby Christian. I chose to believe God&#8217;s Word and then act on God\u2019s Word. ONE DECISION AT A TIME, I was transformed more and more into His image.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Our value is not lost based on performance\u2014 our usefulness might be, but never our value. To be useful for the Master, you have to choose to make those adjustments in your life as God&#8217;s Word reveals things to you. What do I mean? If you receive Jesus as your Savior, you become the righteousness of God in Christ (according to 2 Corinthians 5:21). This is your value. But if you never \u201ccleanse yourself\u201d of former sinful thoughts, attitudes, and actions, your usefulness to God will be limited. Not your value to Him&#8211; just your usefulness.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">It will always be YOUR CHOICE. 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