FRIDAY 2ND DEC.,2016

TOPIC: BEAUTY IS AN INSIDE JOB
TEXT: Psalms 34:5 “They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed…..”

It is said ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’, but you can waste your life trying to please the wrong beholder. Throughout history the
definition of beauty has shifted to reflect society. Sometimes we should be curvy, other times thin as a lath; sometimes tanned, sometimes pale; sometimes with long hair, sometimes with short…We devote our energies to meeting the latest standards and.. .guess what? There’s always another mandate… it’s an empty and relentless pursuit. We must seriously consider whose heart we’re
trying to capture…God’s is the only one worth pursuing.’ Paul says, ‘ …Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking…’ (Romans 12:1-2); ‘If anyone belongs to Christ… The old things have gone; everything is made new!’ (2 Cor. 5:17).
You won’t find the secret to inner beauty and peace by comparing yourself with the airbrushed models on magazine covers. That kind of image is unsustainable. You’ll find peace by asking God to remove the scales from your eyes and show you what you look like in His eyes. ‘Those who look to Him are radiant.’ The only healthy and lasting definition of beauty comes from God because He ‘…looks into the heart’ (1 Sam. 16:7)

MEDITATION: Psalms 139:14

STUDY THE BIBLE
GAL 6:1-9; EZEK 2: PS 149