iSight

God speaks to us in marvelous ways. He speaks because He loves us and wants to tell us the secrets of His heart. Sometimes, we really don’t understand our Lord. Have we ever considered how eager He is to share the thoughts of His heart?

Today, let’s read a few verses from II Cor 4:

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v.4 …the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

v.6 …God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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v.4 – The good news is the Glory of God?  Did we ever understand it to be so? And the glory of Christ is the image of God?

So, the Good news or the Word of God is the Glory of Christ, which is the image of God.  So, every word we read should be read with that fear and humility. The word of God declares about His Son, and about Himself.

v.6 – [the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ] Christ is the image of God, is the glory of God. The fullness of the glory of God is seen from the face of my Lord.

Have we ever considered the face of the Lord? My Lord, who is my savior, has a very beautiful face. The beauty that was marred because of my sin, when He suffered for me on the cross.

Considering the face of the Lord, I was drawn to think ... He made us in His own image, so can we decode some details.

Just consider the eyes of the Lord -the eyes which go to and fro around the earth.

But, is it that that eyes just see?

Well, I think of the girl you love; she has the most beautiful eyes in this world - wide and expressive. Her face is also vivid with expressions. And the expressions of the face are reflected in her eyes, and the expressions of her heart are expressed through her eyes.

When she is sad, her eyes say it all. When she is happy, her face is beaming, but her eyes are shining too. When she smiles just for the sake of it, it’s just her face – nothing is seen in her eyes. And, the love in her heart is always seen through her big, beautiful eyes.

If the human eyes can be so expressive, the window to the heart, then think about the beautiful eyes of my Lord.

So, now I can really connect two of the common usages – (1) seek the face of the Lord, and (2) know the heart of the Lord.