Sunday, Jul. 17, 2016
ORDINARY NO MORE!
"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him." - Isaiah 53:2b
The world has always worshiped
how we look on the outside. All the way back to the Pharaohs, how they
looked in life and even in death, was of supreme importance to them.
Today, everyone in the entertainment business is all about the “look.”
So, interestingly enough, when God sent His son to be the biggest star
the world’s stage has ever known, He chose for Him to look very
ordinary. The Bible tells us he wasn’t much to look at, so it seems very
unlikely that He looked like the beautiful pictures we have hanging on
our walls. Now, that might surprise us in thinking about the Son of God,
but God sought to identify with the majority of us. There are very few
Hollywood beauties, but there sure are a lot of us ordinary-looking
folks.
But that was in His earthly
ministry. What does He look like now? The Bible tells us that He gave a
sneak preview to His three closest disciples. One day Jesus led them up
high on a mountain, “…and He was transfigured before them; and His face
shown like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.” One day,
Jesus is coming again and we will all easily recognize Him as the Son
of God. And more good news for those who trust in Him: we’ll receive new
bodies -perfect bodies – that never get sick and tired, that never age
or die. Like Jesus, our new bodies will be dazzling, and we ordinary
folks will be eternally grateful.
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