Radiant
I once knew a girl whose face was always radiant. I have
never known anyone like her before or since. After I got to know her better I
realized the cause of that radiance. It was God and His presence in her life.
She had grown up as a missionary kid in the Philippines and told story after
story of how God had been so real in their lives in such a dark place. Her
face, and probably the faces of her family as well, had to stand out in a place
where witchcraft and demonic activity were so prevalent. Her smiling face would
give makeup companies a run for their money. She never wore any.
I can't help but wonder if there were times she and her
family were in the presence of God. This young woman makes me think of another
radiant face; the face of Moses when he looked upon the back of God upon Mount
Sinai. Moses wanted to look upon God and in a word, God said Moses couldn't
handle it. Got covered Moses in the cleft of the rock until He passed by. God
pulled His hand away after He passed and Moses saw His back. Even seeing just
the back of God, Moses' face shown like no one had ever seen before. In fact,
when he came down from the mountain, the people were afraid of him until he veiled
his face.
What do our faces look like after we've been in the presence
of God? Do we spend time in His presence at all? How can we aim to spend more
time with God today? Share your thoughts in the comments.
"So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image" (2 Corinthians 3:18 NLT).
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