I WILL SEE JESUS

Psalm 42:2  “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when can I go and meet with God?”

I know a day is coming when I will see my Lord.  When I hear worship music that sings about seeing the Lord, or read about the day when the Lord will appear to us, it thrills my heart.  It brings tears of joy to my eyes.  I know it will be a glorious day.  But what about now?  What about the desire of my heart to see my Lord now.  Aren’t you longing to look upon His face?  When I hear how Jesus was perceived as plain in looks, I cannot imagine that.  I have seen very plain people, but their eyes, their smiles, their ways make them absolutely beautiful.  Their hearts bring out the inner beauty in them and they are lovely to look upon.

I don’t see in my spirit someone that is plain when I see Jesus.  I see the most beautiful, most wonderful person there is, no one so beautiful or amazing.  Jesus is the epitomy of what I believe real beauty is.  A heart so pure, so full of love for all, eyes that shine forth that love, and you know His smile has to show that love also.  With love like that, the only outcome is beauty.  More beautiful than any sunrise or sunset, more beautiful than anything ever seen before. 

I think the reason that Jesus was not seen to be beautiful was that He was only looked at in the physical and did not come to be seen in the spiritual until after He went back to the Father.  No one was looking for that perfect love that He gave, they did not understand it at first.  I can picture one of the blessed people that were touched and healed.  I can see that the man they saw at first looked entirely different after they were healed.  Jesus probably would not have turned a head before He healed them, but when healed, those people saw Him through eyes of gratitude and love.  They saw this wonderful, beautiful Savior that had just given them life, well, whole and forgiven.

I have been healed.  I have been forgiven.  I am loved by the King of kings, the Lord of all lords.  I am an intimate friend of the Savior of the world, Jesus.  He loves me passionately.  Can you think of anyone who loves you just the way you are?  That loves you, not expecting you to be anyone other than yourself?  That is the way that Jesus loves.  Giving everything to show that love, He now makes His desires known that He wants our love, just for Himself, not for anything He can do for us, but just that we choose to love Him.  That is how I love my Lord.  He has done so much for me, there is nothing I desire other than Him, His sweet presence. 

Seeing how Jesus is pictured in movies, in paintings and photos, we put that image into our minds.  I have several pictures of Jesus that I like so much, but I have a feeling we will be so surprised when we see Him for ourselves.  We cannot comprehend such beauty as we will see when we see Jesus.  He will be more than we ever thought possible.

I will see Jesus.  I will look upon His face, I will reach for His hand, I will reach up and touch His cheek.  I will look into those loving eyes and tell Him, at long last, tell Him in person, how very much I love Him.  How I have waited for so long for that special moment, how I adore Him.

Until that day, I will see Jesus in my heart, in my spirit.  I will behold His beauty as I read the Word, as I listen to beautiful music.  I will see my Savior as I sing my songs of love and worship Him with all my heart.  I will see Jesus because I love Him more each day.  I will see Jesus because His Spirit is within me, and the Holy Spirit will bring me into the place where we are One.  One Spirit, One Heart, One Love.

01-25-12