Grace for your spirit
He has no stately form or majesty, that we should look upon Him, nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isaiah 53:2-3
This was the portrait that the Messianic prophet Isaiah, painted for us 700 years before Jesus walked the earth. When we think about what Jesus looked like, we are usually drawn to the traditional portrait painted by men. He was painted the way men would have liked Him to look. Tall, dark, and handsome. In reality, the beauty of Jesus was in His spirit. He was easy to reject and abuse by the world, because He did not have a "winning appearance." He wanted to win the souls of men by the things that He suffered, and by the Spirit that was in Him. He was the true picture of a suffering savior, not a majestic king. We do not find our way into His kingdom on our looks, but only by His Spirit.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
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