When We See Him

For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
  -- Isaiah 53:2

The tough selection process, the professional makeup and lighting, and somewhere under there was a pretty face already. Are they not beautiful and desirable to the eyes? Yes, we live in a celebrity sort of world. According to the prophecy of Isaiah, Jesus would not even warrant a notice in the casting offices of today. However, Jesus was the living word of God made human, and once He began speaking and healing, people noticed Him. God did not send His Son with a celebrity kind of physical beauty, but He has been celebrated by many for a long time now. When we realize that so many celebrities of the day have nothing more to offer than what they look like, then perhaps we begin to understand why a worldly standard of photogenic beauty just wasn't good enough for God's Son. 

Have a happy day in Christ our Lord!

Bucky