Beautiful in His Eyes

Looking back, perhaps our wedding was a bit sappy. Marci walked down the aisle as I played “You are So Beautiful” on the piano. Then she sang to me:

There was love all around

But I never heard it singing

No, I never heard it at all

Till there was you 

Sappy? Romantic? You decide. All I know is we were young and crazy in love! Shouldn’t true love make us act a little crazy sometimes, seeing that the One who made us in His image is crazy about us?

That’s right. God is head over heels in love with us! The Bible, His love letter to us says He rejoices over us, “as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.” Isaiah 62:5. It also says:

He will take great delight in you; in His love he will … rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17

God’s love for us is so passionate it makes Him sing! He just can’t stay silent about His bride. He wants us to know how much He loves us, and how He sees us. Oh, if we could see ourselves through God’s eyes, insecurity would vanish. We wouldn’t allow the words of others to determine our identity. We are who God says we are, and He says:

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Song of Songs 4:1

Our beauty stems from the fact we are made in God’s image. True, our beauty has been marred by sin, but by His grace, we are being transformed into something so stunning…the radiant bride of Christ.

Why does God even care if we are beautiful? Scripture tells us Jesus was not physically attractive in any way. (Isaiah 53:2). His beauty was His holiness. Like Him, our true beauty is not our outward appearance. Its our righteous Christlike character. This is why the Psalmist writes: 

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Psalm 96:9.

Because He is holy, God can not unite Himself to a bride who is unholy. The remedy? Make her holy! That’s right. We are holy, because of the blood of Jesus. The unholy me is dead and buried. I am a new creation, “created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.” Ephesians 4:2

We might not always see ourselves as holy or righteous or beautiful. Satan loves to point out our blemishes. But then I hear my Lord say, “Behold, you are beautiful, my love.”

That’s right! God says we are beautiful in His eyes. And what He says goes!

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:10 

Thank You Lord, for the beautiful work You are doing in my life. Help me to see myself through Your eyes!