AN ICON IS THE HUMBLE VICTIM OF THE DEED BEFORE GOD’S ALTAR, WHERE THE WORDS OF THE REVELATION AND THE WORDS OF THE DOXOLOGY WITNESS ONE AND THE SAME TRUTH. THIS ENCOUNTER IS NOT A COLLISION, BUT A SYNERGY AND COOPERATION … WHICH LIES WITHIN THE ICON.
… AND THEN COLOURS ARE NOT JUST COLOURS, IMAGES ARE NOT JUST IMAGES, GOLD IS NOT JUST A DECORATION AND BACKGROUND, BUT THE LIGHT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THIS LIGHT PROJECTS THE IMAGE OF THE PERSON, HIS REAL IDENTITY AND HIS DIGNITY. AND WHEN A MAN STANDS BEFORE AN ICON AND SEES HIS REFLECTION IN ITS LIGHT, THEN HE STARTS PRAYING. IF AT THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE MAN AND THE ICON THERE IS NO PRAYER, THEN THIS MEANS THAT EITHER THERE IS NO ICON OR THE MAN HADN’T BECOME GOD-LIKE …
WE SINCERELY PRAY THAT IT’S NOT US WHO SPEAK THROUGH OUR ICONS, BUT IT’S HIM CALLING YOU THOUGH THEM.
“FOR FROM HIM AND THROUGH HIM AND TO HIM ARE ALL THINGS. TO HIM BE THE GLORY FOREVER! AMEN.” ROMANS 11:36
