Today we will be looking at God's beauty. By God's beauty, we don't mean that He is physically beautiful - since He is spirit not physical - but that He is the sum all of desirable qualities.
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Psalm 27:4
- The Hebrew word used here for beauty is no`am which means "kindness, pleasantness, delightfulness, beauty, favour"
- Of the English words here, only one is sometimes applied to physical beauty. All them can be used to describe good attributes of character.
- If we saw a picture of a mountain or a sunset, we might describe it a as being beautiful. But seeing the mountain or the sunset in person might make it seem even more beautiful.
- In the same way, reading about God in His Word, we might perceive of His beauty, but through having a relationship with Him and actively seeking Him, we might really know His beauty.
- In the Psalm, David is talking about wanting to spend all of eternity in Heaven with God where he can truly behold God's beauty.
- Do you want to know God's beauty?
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