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What we look at affects how we look. Have you noticed this? If you haven’t, try this little experiment: go watch an action-packed movie with the Rock in it, and then observe how the men walk out of the theater. You’ll see chests out, shoulders back, stomachs sucked in.

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Again, what we look at affects how we look. This raises the obvious question, doesn’t it? What are we looking at? If you’re depressed and anxious, you won’t get less depressed and anxious by looking at the faces of your depressed and anxious friends. We become what we behold.

Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. (Psalms‬ ‭34:5‬ ‭NIV, emphasis mine)

Did you see how looking at God changes how we look? We become radiant because He is radiant. Remember that changing how we look isn’t done by changing styles or getting a new haircut. It’s done by changing our view.

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August 30, 2021by Paul Jenkins
Written by Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins is lead pastor of The Gathering, a community church located in beautiful downtown Albemarle, North Carolina. He's the author of God is My Air Traffic Controller and My Name's Not Lou. Paul is passionate about his wife, his 3 children, running, reading, coaching, leading people who are following Jesus, Swedish Fish and the Carolina Panthers.