Hi, thanks for joining us for this word of encouragement from Our Daily Bread. My name

is Mike Whitmer, and I wrote today's reading, Who Are You? The leader of our video conference said,

Good morning. I said hello back, but I wasn't looking at him.

I was distracted by my own image on the screen.

Do I look like this?

I looked at the smiling faces of the others on the call.

That looks like them.

So yeah, this must be me.

I should lose some weight and get a haircut.

In his mind, Pharaoh was pretty great. Ezekiel chapter 32 says he was a lion among the nations,

a monster in the seas. But then he caught a glimpse of himself from God's perspective.

God said he was in trouble and that he would expose his carcass to wild animals,

causing many peoples to be appalled at you and their kings to shudder with horror because of you.

Pharaoh was much less impressive than he thought.

You and I may think we're spiritually handsome until we see our sin as God sees it. Isaiah 64 says that compared to His holy standard,

even our righteous acts are like filthy rags. But God also sees something else, something even more true.

He sees Jesus and he sees us in Jesus.

Feeling discouraged about how you are?

Remember, this is not who you are.

If you have put your trust in Jesus, then you're in Jesus and His holiness drapes

over you. You're more beautiful than you imagine.

Today's Our Daily Bread Scripture reading is from Ezekiel chapter 32, verses 2 through 10.

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