DECEMBER 24
BEHOLDING HIS BEAUTY
“One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell
in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the
Lord, and to enquire in His temple.” (Psalm 27:4)
Well spoken are the words of the Psalmist, “Turn my eyes away from looking upon
unreality,” Moffatt adds another facet, “turn mine eyes from cravings vain”.
Vanity, unreality, cravings vain – surely this describes the things of this
world, and satisfaction is not to be found in their realm.
The writer to the Hebrews speaking of God’s purposed position for man, how that
everything is to be put in subjection under him, stated, “But now we see not yet
all things put under him, BUT WE SEE JESUS…” (Heb. 2:8-9). IN HIM we behold all
the triumph that is ultimately to be ours, when we are complete in Him. Note
these words, “we see,” they do not signify natural sight, viewing visible
things, but rather that INNER VISION, as we perceive that He is indeed Lord of
all.
It is in harmony with this spiritual eyesight that we have at least part of the
fulfillment of what Jesus said, “Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no
more; but ye see me’, (John 14:19). We see Him, not after the flesh, but by the
spirit, and the more we behold Him, the greater the change wrought within. For,
“with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into
the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord,” (II Cor.
3:18).
There are changes being made even now, as we SEE HIM, with each revelation used
to further the transformation process, but that process shall have a climax –
for “now are we the children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall
be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; FOR WE SHALL
SEE HIM AS HE IS,” (I John 3:2).
Behold the beauty of the Lord, to know Him as He is,
This is the challenge to my heart, till I am fully His.
Ray Prinzing
Sister Doris Prinzing
1130 Allumbaugh St. Apt 257
Boise, Id 83704-8700
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