Attaining God's Standard of Beauty

    God looks at holiness and sees beauty; that is God’s standard for beauty - holiness.

    Holiness means sacred/consecrated, dedicated, hallowed. It holds within it the truth that 'we are less like the world because we are more like God.'

    What does that mean? What does that look like?

    Well, when we wholly dedicate ourselves to obedience, valuing our soul as sacred because of its eternal nature (being in the likeness of God, Genesis 1:26), we will:

• Nurture our soul by learning and understanding the will of the Lord (Psalm 27:8, Matthew 5:6, Ephesians 5:8-17)
• Keep our soul pure by being aware of the things we let ourselves think on (Philippians 4:6-8, Colossians 3:1-2), the words we speak (Ephesians 4:29, Psalm 19:14), the things we do (Psalm 1:1-3, 1 Timothy 4:12), etc. and by humbly seeking God’s forgiveness as we stumble and fall short (Romans 3:23, 1 John 1:9)
• Allow our soul opportunity to magnify the Lord, declaring His greatness to the world around us (Luke 1:46, 1 Peter 2:9; 3:15) as well as opportunity to reflect God’s light and love into the lives of others through good works (Matthew 5:14-16, Galatians 6:10)

    When we do all we can to live in holiness and reverence before God, respecting Him and His word as divine and worthy of all obedience, when we work daily to strive to do better (Philippians 3:13-14, Hebrews 5:12-14), following God’s commands, trusting His way to be the best way – God will see beauty in us.

    To be considered beautiful in God’s sight, oh, how wonderful is that!!

    You can do it! So can I!!

    Let’s help and encourage one another to be holy in all our conduct (1 Peter 1:15-16) and to be beautiful in the sight of God!!