"Eyes Of The Beholder"

"Eyes Of the Beholder"

"He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end."  (Ecclesiastes 3:11)  The Lord Jesus Christ sees you well and whole!  He spent most of His ministry going about healing, raising the dead, and opening blinded eyes and deaf ears.  What does He see when He sees You?  He sees you "perfect;" that means "whole" or complete.  He beholds you in the likeness of Him, "in earth as it is in heaven," glorious in the "Eyes Of The Beholder."   

YOU are beautiful!  There is One who looks upon you and sees an intricate tapestry, a finished work, a vessel of honor, one that needs not be ashamed, and a human clothed in beauty.  It is the vision manifested in the eyes of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well, "For

thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now 

hast is not thy husband ..."  (John 4:18)  

The Samaritan woman replied to Jesus that she perceived He was a prophet, because He knew everything about her without her telling Him.  He goes on to tell her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them, will never be thirsty.  The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life."  

(John 4:6-23)  The Lord was not condemning her; He was letting her know who He was, because she said, "I know that Messiah is coming.  When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us."  Jesus said, "I am the one."  Jesus saw what she "could" become, but He loved her as she was.  He "beheld" a soul filled with living water, and this spake He of the Holy Ghost that was to come.

"Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an

expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet

and wiped his feet with her hair.  And the house

was filled with the fragrance of the perfume."

(John 12:3)

Christians, you are precious in His sight!  Mary was criticized for "wasting" such an expensive perfume, but the Lord rebuked them, stating she had done this to prepare Him for His burial.  What You do for God is honored by Him; He sees all; He knows all.  Your beautiful offerings are a treasured perfume in the eyes of Almighty God, Jesus Christ the Righteous.  The sleepless nights you luxuriously bathe Him with your wanton weary falling tears, praying through the starlit lonely darkness, lost in your searching melodies of midnight and early morning worship, your whispers of sweet nothings in the ears of your Creator, and your strains of love songs of concocted scented phrases  ...  He hears; He breathes it in as a sweet welcomed incense  ...  and He beholds  ...

What does Jesus Christ see in you?  You say, "I don't think He sees anything He can be proud of."  So, change it  ...  right now, today!  Pray with me, won't you, "Lord Jesus, I've done things I'm not proud of and I'm sorry.  Please forgive me of my sins and fill me with Your Spirit.  Cover me with Your blood.  I will be baptized in Your name, and I will be a witness for You all the days of my life.  I've always had these dreams of what I wish I could be.  I believe You can make all things beautiful; please make me beautiful in Your sight, I pray."  Amen and Amen!

The world is viewed as the New Jerusalem; the sins are covered by His blood; the earth studies war no more; He rides on a white horse with Saints following after; the knees have bowed; the Spirit has been poured out on all flesh; satan is cast down; and evil is plundered and destroyed; the righteous are reigning with Him forever and He will never be crucified again  ... It Is Finished! 

That's THE WAY IT IS in the  ... "Eyes Of The Beholder!"

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)