RHAPSODY OF REALITIES WEDNESDAY, 6TH MARCH.
BEAUTIFYING YOUR SPIRIT BY PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME.
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai carrying the two Tablets of The Testimony, he didnβt know that the skin of his face glowed because he had been speaking with GOD (Exodus 34:29 MSG).
Man is a spirit being and not a physical body. Many, however, have put a premium on their outward appearance; they go through rigorous exercises and dietary plans; some even go through severe surgical procedures to maintain or enhance their physical looks.
But you see, donβt be carried away by all the praise you might receive for your outward appearance. The truth is, thereβs no glory like that of your spirit. That should be your dream: beautifying your human spirit!
1 Peter 1:23 says, βBeing born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.β Thus, youβre born of the Word, and contemplating the Word should be a priority. When you study the Word or receive its ministry in teaching or preaching, it glorifies or beautifies your spirit. Youβre strengthened, energized and invigorated for greater works.
Moses had an experience recorded in Exodus 34. He had spent so much time (forty days and forty nights) with God on Mount Sinai, receiving the Ten Commandments. When he came down from the mountain, his face radiated the glory of God, such that everyone who saw him couldnβt look at him.
Moses had to wear a veil to shroud the glory that had rubbed off on him (Exodus 34:29-33). Thatβs the effect of deep contemplation and meditation on the Word. 2 Corinthians 3:18 says, βBut we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.β
The Word of God is where the glory is, and the New Covenant is far more glorious. As you receive the Word, at your quiet time, devotion, or church services, the intensity of the glory in your life is increased; youβre enraptured, beautified, and enveloped by His glory.
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for your Word, which causes your glory to shine forth with much intensity in my life and in all that Iβm connected with. As I meditate on the Word of faith, I experience victory, divine health, and blessings! My life is an expression of your supernatural grace, glory, perfection, beauty and righteousness. Iβm continually metamorphosed from glory to glory, in Jesusβ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
1 Timothy 4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
2 Timothy 3:15-16 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
1-Year Bible Reading Plan
Mark 11:27-12:1-17 & Numbers 18-19
2-Year Bible Reading Plan
Matthew 20:24-34 & Exodus 15