Oh, to Be Great and Beautiful
There are two other longings within us: the longing to be beautiful and the longing to be great.
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Let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us… (Ps.
90:17)
Truth is: God is beautiful and He created you in such a way that...
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Oh, to Be Great and Beautiful
There are two other longings within us: the longing to be beautiful and the longing to be great.
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Let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us… (Ps.
90:17)
Truth is: God is beautiful and He created you in such a way that you long to possess and feel
His beauty.
The beauty that God possesses is the very beauty that He imparts to us through His
salvation.
His own beauty is transferable to humans through Jesus!
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To give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning.
(Isa.
61:3)
Look at our culture… there is an obsession with physical beauty.
Many pursue beauty at great
lengths, seeking to answer this legitimate longing (to be beautiful) in a wrong way, because they
feel unsettled without it.
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Whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
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And
whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave.
(Mt.
20:26-27)
The great God created you to be great.
That means, you have a deep and strong desire for
greatne
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