By Al Behel
Someone has said that by the time you are 50 years old you have the face
you deserve. Perhaps there is a lot of truth in that statement. The years we
have spent frowning, scowling, worrying, smiling, or laughing are etched on our
faces. Every day we are making a face that will tell a great deal about how we
have lived our lives.
Billions of dollars are spent each year by both men and women trying to
change our faces. Plastic surgery, cosmetics, herbal supplements, lotions,
creams, and countless other techniques are used to erase the unwanted marks and
create a new image.
Paul tells us that if we keep looking at Jesus we will start to look
more and more like him (2 Corinthians 3:18). Those compassion lines and smiles
of kindness lines will be permanently etched on our faces. We will become more
like him on the inside and the outside will glow with his presence within us.
We will be transformed into “his image”.
When Moses descended from Mount Sinai after being in the presence of God
his face was aglow with a radiance that made it impossible for the people to
look upon him. When the apostles Peter and John stood before the threatening Sanhedrin
Court, that august body could not miss the fact that they had been with Jesus.
That’s the way it is for all of us. When we spend time with him, his
beauty becomes a part of us. The hymn expresses it so well:
Let
the beauty of Jesus be seen in me,
All
His wonderful passion and purity;
Oh,
Thou Spirit divine, all my nature refine
Till
the beauty of Jesus be seen in me. —Orsborn
No cosmetic surgery or any other treatment will give us the face of
Jesus. As we behold his glory and experience his grace we will begin to look
more and more like Him.
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