வேதாகமத் தியானம் - எண்:- 1,534
Scripture Meditation – No: 1,534
AATHAVAN 💚April
19, 2025 💚Saturday
“He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” — Isaiah 53:2-3 (KJV)
As we saw in yesterday’s Scripture meditation, today’s meditation is also part of the vision seen by the prophet Isaiah concerning the sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ surrendered His body, soul, and spirit as a sacrifice for our sins. In Scripture, we also read that He is altogether lovely: “His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.” — Song of Solomon 5:16 (KJV)
Yet, this Beloved, who is altogether lovely, lost His beauty for our sake. He took upon Himself a disfigured appearance for us. During certain festivals, some people abandon their disabled relatives by the roadside in hopes of collecting alms. While we may give them charity, we rarely stop to look at them. The reason? Their appearance is not pleasing to behold. Yet, at the same time, we are eager to gaze at movie stars and celebrities.
Yes, dear ones, outward appearance is important to people. Beauty is one thing; appearance is another. A person need not be beautiful, but their face must be presentable to be socially acceptable. Many political leaders are not conventionally beautiful, yet people admire them — because of their appearance or public image.
But our Lord Jesus Christ gave up His beauty and pleasant appearance for our sake. "When we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him." As Isaiah prophesied, when we saw Him, we turned away our faces from Him as one would from a disfigured beggar. He was despised and we esteemed Him not.
Still, not everyone turned away from Him. At the cross, many who loved Him stood by. They were not there because of His beauty, but because of their deep love for Him.
A few months ago, I read a news article about a young man who fell in love with a beautiful girl. However, the girl met with a terrible accident, which disfigured her face. His parents and relatives tried to arrange his marriage with another beautiful woman. But he refused. Instead, he chose to marry the same girl whose appearance had been disfigured.
Yes, dear ones, sometimes God’s work in our lives may not seem beautiful to us. He may not fulfil our desires as we expect. Even so, let us not despise or reject Him. Let us not hide our faces from Him.
For it was that disfigured, rejected face that brought the glorious light to this world. But the unbelieving do not perceive the glory of that light. The Bible says that Satan, the god of this world, has blinded their minds so that the light does not shine in them:
“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” — 2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV)
To expect only blessings from Him is to value Him merely for His beauty. But we must also reflect on how He gave up His beauty and comeliness for our sake. To live a life that is not pleasing to Him is to despise Him. To continue in sin is to hide our faces from Him.
Let us neither despise Him nor turn away our faces from Him. That is what He expects from us.
Gospel Message by: Bro. M. Geo Prakash
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