Beauty of God
When you truly encounter beauty, you change your life to be closer to it.
You rearrange your time, your priorities, even your dreams. Parents know this—one look at a newborn, and suddenly sleep, schedules, and hobbies get sacrificed without a second thought. Love and beauty do that to us.
Scripture says the same is meant to happen with God.
King David wrote in Psalm 27:4, “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord…”
David had power, influence, victories, and wealth—yet he wanted one thing above all: to gaze on the beauty of God. Not just to use God for blessings, comfort, or help, but to enjoy God Himself.
This is one of the great problems in much of modern Christianity: we find Jesus useful, but not beautiful. We want forgiveness, peace, and guidance—but not necessarily Him.
Yet salvation begins when the veil lifts and Jesus ceases to be just an interesting historical figure and becomes the Treasure of your soul. Sanctification continues as we “behold” His glory and are quietly, gradually changed “from one degree of glory to another” (2 Corinthians 3:18). Mission becomes less of an obligation and more of an overflow—we talk about Him the way we talk about the best cup of coffee we’ve ever had, because we simply can’t keep quiet.
Because God is infinitely beautiful, the most rational thing you can do is to seek Him with your whole self.
Not out of guilt.
Out of joy.
Out of finally seeing the Treasure in the field and gladly selling everything to have Him.
Two simple action steps:
1. Create a daily “beauty window” (15–30 minutes).
Choose a consistent time to sit with an open Bible, an open journal, and an open heart. Pray, “Jesus, show me Your beauty,” and slowly read a Gospel passage, savoring who He is—not just what He can do for you.
2. Identify one “white bread” distraction to lay down this week.
Ask God, “What is dulling my appetite for You?” It might be endless scrolling, gaming, or constant noise. Fast from that one thing for seven days and use that reclaimed time to seek Him in prayer or Scripture.
This article used generative AI via Pulpit AI to transform one of Chris' sermons into this article. The content is original to CDM, with some help from Pulpit AI adapting it into article form.