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 from the Lord, the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
Keep your eyes on Jesus and become like Him. You become like what you are constantly beholding. If you are only seeking yourself you will bring yourself to ruin. But seeking the Kingdom you have all things added to you.
What your attention is on is what is moving your life.
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29.
The secret of success is what you are beholding. I told Joshua to focus his attention on My Word and he would make his way prosperous and successful. And so will you. I am My Word.
This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. Joshua 1:8.
He kept his eye on My Word, followed the strategies I gave him, and he conquered the Promised Land. What you exult you will imitate.
Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, “O sun, stand still at Gibeon, and O moon in the valley of Aijalon.” So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies. Is it not written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. There was no day like that before it or after it, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel. Joshua 10:12-14.
The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation. Psalm 18:46.
Jesus only spoke My Words because in them is eternal life. John 12:49-50. Peter recognized that early in his discipleship, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the Words of eternal life.” John 6:68. He is the resurrection and the life. Behold Him and you to will walk in newness of life.
“For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” John 6:40.
My Word is the mirror where you see yourself in Christ for who you really are and you become like what you see in that mirror of My Word.
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 from the Lord, the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18.
Behold in the mirror of My Word and you see yourself forgiven—holy, blameless, and beyond reproach just as you are in My sight. As you behold Jesus you go from glory to glory, revelation to revelation, shining on His face. It is the Spirit that gives life.
And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach. Colossians 1:21-22.
Paul referred to himself as “a man in Christ.” 2 Corinthians 12:2. And he boasted about who that man was. Know who you are in Christ, I have made Him wisdom unto you, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, so if you would boast, boast in what I have done for you. 1 Corinthians 1:30-31. Great things past all you can ask or think.
The sins and encumbrances fall off as you keep your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of your faith. Romans 12:1-2.
Faith comes by hearing, which is beholding. Hearing, speaking, and doing is beholding. To behold means that is where your attention is focused. You become what you are looking at in your heart. Your mind is set there. The mind set on the spirit is life and peace. The mind set on the flesh is death and unrest. When your mind is set on Me, and I am My Word, you have great peace, double shalom, for I am your everlasting rock that is higher than you and there you find refuge and rest.
Do you remember how I showed Jacob in a dream how to get all the strong of the flock speckled and spotted, which were the sheep Laban agreed to give him as his wages for shepherding his flock? I showed him to stripe the branches so they had brown and white streaks and put them in the water troths where the sheep mated whenever strong and healthy sheep mated. They then gave birth to spotted and speckled lambs that were strong. You reproduce in your life what you are beholding.
You can find yourself in the mirror of My Word. Jesus did. He unrolled the scroll of Isaiah and read the beginning of Isaiah 61 and told them that passage was fulfilled in their hearing in Him that day. John the Baptist found himself as the voice crying out in the wilderness in the prophet Isaiah as well. And Mary and Joseph found Mary in the prophet Isaiah as well as the virgin with child who is “God with us.” And every one of you can find the passage about yourself as well.
With the blameless, I show Myself blameless, with the kind I show Myself kind, and with the pure, I show Myself pure. Psalm 28:25-26.
The more you behold of My Word, that is, of Me, the more revelation I give you. I gave Daniel amazing revelations of the rise and fall of nations and of Christ’s resurrection and ascension, as well as of the endtimes and a time clock of events, and if you will notice as he went deeper and deeper into revelation I tell you that he kept looking and looking at the visions I showed him and asking Me questions. Daniel 7:9, 11, 13.
Surround yourself with loveliness inside and out and you will become lovely. My heavenly Zion in My Kingdom is like that, perfect in beauty and from there I shine forth. There are the righteous made perfect and the beauty of the glorified and justified is like that of Christ and the place is full of light, glory, beauty and splendor everywhere you look, walk, and behold.
What you are thinking on the most is where your heart is and where you heart is your treasure is. So if your mind just keeps centering on the ugliness of someone you live with and their faults and failings—their gluttony, hate, and rejection and scorn of Me and My Word, that is your treasure and you are taking pleasure in seeing their bad qualities. Even if they are not with you, such as a divorce or relationship you have left, if you keep dwelling on their evil that becomes your treasure that you cannot let go of and you will become like it, full of bitter roots and dead men’s bones that turn you like them.
What you are beholding you become—a glutton, an alcoholic, a hater. Surround yourself with pornography and that is what your will become full of.
Watch out who you fellowship with and look upon that is how you are headed because there is where your attention lies, even if you hate it.
That is why I tell you not to look at, talk to, talk about, or think about those who are evil. Stay away from them least you fall with them. You will become ugly and tempted to overeat and to hate. Instead keep your eyes on Me and your mind on the lovely life so that is your treasure and you become lovely.
Slaves become like their masters and pupils like their teachers. Watch out for those who take you captive and make you serve them like a slave. Don’t let them commandeer your life. Don’t let evil people be your teachers that you become like.
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Philippians 4:8.
Keep close to Me. I will show you the path to life, fullness of joy in My presence and the delights at My right hand forever. I never try you beyond your strength, I always give you a way out. Take it when I open it to you and do not stay stuck in the miry swamp. Let Me put your fee on the height. And you do it with a new song in your mouth, a song of praise unto Me.
I have given you the way, walk it, the truth, live it, and the life, enjoy it. Stop looking so hard in the darkness in the world and let the light shine in. When you let your mind dwell on the evil others do, you have just put a bushel basket over your light, instead put on the helmet of salvation, which is part of My armor of light, and put your attention above where I have seated you with Christ at My right hand and see the joy that is set before you.
The greatest one among you is the one who serves the rest. But do all service as unto Me and not just to please men when they are looking. Let Me be the one you serve in others.
Do not let your criticalness of others become your treasure. It feeds your pride, like the Pharisee and the tax collector. Stop hanging onto and gloating over others evil behavior. Many people love talking about the evil others do so that they are held superior. Do not touch such things that are so vile in your words. Don’t let your mind go there. I do not see people as vile, just oppressed by the devil. I look through all that to who I made them to be.
Behold Me and see as I see. I have eyes of compassion. I did not send My Son to judge the world but to save it.
Rejoice always in Me. Pray without ceasing to Me, interceding for others and casting your cares on Me. And give thanks constantly for deliverance and conversion of sinners.
That is the answer, be more interested in saving others than judging them. That is what you are to see, a person who needs salvation and you know Him and can lead them to the place of salvation.
I love you. Keep your heart pure. Don’t let another’s evil faults become your idol, your perverted treasure. What you have you attention on will move your life, and what you are beholding you will become. Watch your thoughts. Guard your heart.