Is Christ beautiful? (Continued)

"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." (1Pe 2:9 ESV)

God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, has taken upon himself the task of not just restoring what was lost, ruined and corrupted, but of making it even better than it was previously.

In this life we have a tendency to be thrilled over something new, yet as the newness wears off we find that our delight and pleasure in this object, or even in a person, will diminish. That which once satisfied no longer does so. Yet I suspect that as we contemplate the wonders of God's marvelous light we will find no end to it. In other words it shall for eternity be marvelous. This will be true for a couple of reason. First God is, indeed, glorious and will be always so regardless of the number of times, or angles from which, we look upon him. Secondly, our heart and nature will one day be holy and pure, and will hunger after, not just the good things that God has done, but after God himself. Our all-to-shallow heart will be made deep. Forever, we will want him.

Today we contemplate what God has done for us only from time to time, and at times we are even captivated in wonder at God's work of forgiveness, justification, reconciliation and adoption. But restlessly we get distracted, and find our flesh seeking satisfaction else where.

This calls us to endurance; to set our heart today upon not just the wonderful things that God has done, but upon him, and to keep our heart there. If we have had opportunity to watch a skilled craftsman at work we find ourselves marveling not just at what is being crafted but with the craftsman as he works, the turnings of his wrists, the movement of his fingers, the relaxed pose of his body, thus we find that He too is beautiful.

If we are one of those brought from darkness into light by God, we are to do more than just proclaim the excellencies of the change of location. No! No! The one who has moved us is excellent above all.

May God forgive us of our distractions, our spiritual laziness, and may he stir our hearts to see His beauty.