Carnivals and sideshows sometimes have an attraction of crazy mirrors. The body length mirrors are not straight like the ones we have in our homes, but full of curves and angles. Some of the mirrors make you look extraordinarily tall and skinny, others make you look squat and fat, some leave your bottom half unaffected but your top half severely distorted, and vice versa. As people pass in front of them its fun to see their shrieks of delight, horror and self-consciousness.
Application: Other Religions, Christ, Revelation. The world's religions can be seen as a set of carnival mirrors. Each in some way provides a reflection of God and reality. And indeed, we're better off with some mirrors than none. Yet each also distorts God and reality to varying degrees. Jesus however provides us with a perfect mirror image of God and insight into reality. He is like the flat mirror among the carnival mirrors. (Christianity as a religion of course is not to be equated with Christ. Like the other religions it too introduces distortions)
Application: Sin, image of God, humanity, character, growth, sanctification. We human beings have been created in the image of God. Sadly, the image is often distorted in our lives. So, while we all in some ways reflect something of God, the goal is to become a perfect mirror image of Christ.
Source: Scott Higgins