Someone has rightly described the American lifestyle as "the hasty pursuit of unexamined goals." Everyone seems to be in a hurry to climb the ladder, to gain wealth, to pursue education. But what do you really gain when you get all that this world has to offer? 

Solomon takes an insightful look at "life under the sun" (a worldly view) to help us examine our goals before we invest a lifetime in things that won't satisfy. Tommy Brooks guides us through Solomon's wisdom to help us build a life that counts for eternity and adds meaning to our existence in the here and now. 

The mirror doesn't lie. Our enemies might try to convince us that we are less than we really are. Our friends might even flatter us into believing that we're more than we really are. The mirror tells us the truth — the good, the bad, and sometimes even the ugly. 

God's Word is the true mirror that allows us to look deeply into our own hearts and see as God sees. James, the brother of Jesus, holds God's mirror and encourages us to fix what is out of place and to clean whatever is dirty. We strive to look like Jesus in today's world. ​

The mirror doesn't lie. It shows us the best and the worst of who we really are. God's Word is the mirror that allows us to see as God sees. As we are obedient to His Word, we become more and more like the mirror—Jesus Christ. If we truly reflect God's Word, then His image will be the one that others see when they look at us. 

Our Christian walk is a continual process of learning to become more like Christ, and that process will not be complete until we see Christ face-to-face in the mirror of His Word. In this follow-up to Looking at the Man in the Mirror, Tommy Brooks reviews with readers what we must do to obtain the Christ-like spirit we want in our obedience to His Word.