True Beauty

I hear girls comment all the time that they are overweight, don’t have the right clothes to wear or wish they had blond hair instead of brown hair; curly hair instead of straight hair.  We never stop to think that surely God knew what He was doing when He made us!  There are times I still deal with some insecurities, but at least now I have learned an incredible lesson.  While reading the Psalms, I stumbled onto a scripture which helped me glimpse God’s view of me.  It was exactly what I needed at the time. 

Psalm 45:11 (KJV) says, “So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty: for He is thy Lord and worship thou Him.”  The NIV says “The King is enthralled by your beauty; honor Him, for He is your Lord.”  According to Webster’s dictionary, the definition of enthralled is to hold spellbound.  Amazing!  The King of Kings is spellbound by your beauty!  As long as He finds you beautiful, does it really matter what the rest of the world thinks about you or even, what you sometimes think about yourself?

Psychologists today are always telling us that self-esteem is the most important thing a person has.  And, I think they usually send people to the wrong places to find it.  Self-esteem comes from security and self-worth.  We cannot be complete without God.  He is the One who completes us.  Your sense of self-worth is directly related to the Lord.  A relationship with Him is the only way to find security in every area of your life.  An example of this security is found in The Song of Solomon.  First, we need to establish that according to Ephesians 5:31-32, marriage is an earthly representation of the relationship the church is to have with Jesus Christ.  The Song of Solomon helps us relate earthly marriage to our union with Christ through a beautiful tale of romance and love, in the physical sense and also in the spiritual sense.

Please read Song of Solomon chapter 2.  In verse 1 (NIV), note that the female, or “the beloved,” speaks of herself as “a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.”  In verse 2, the man responds, “Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.”  She was not being vain or egotistical, she simply saw herself as he saw her.  Through the knowledge that he saw her as a lily among thorns, she came to fully believe that. 

What a difference it would make in our lives if we would stop judging ourselves by what we see in the mirror!  We need to see ourselves as our Heavenly King sees us, beautiful beyond compare.  He is completely taken with you!  Always remember that “the King is enthralled by your beauty.”  He sees you as beautiful and desirable in a pure and holy way we cannot comprehend.  Let your mirror be the face of Jesus.  To Him, the most beautiful girl in the world is the bride who steadily makes herself ready for her Groom.  Jesus is not a stern dictator looking down from Heaven, making sure we obey His rules.  He is not a distant being too busy running the world to notice the details of our everyday lives.  He is so much more than someone we simply believe in to escape hell when we die.  He is the lover of your soul, your true Prince.  He is One who loves you in a way no one else is capable of loving you.  The One who has cherished you since before your life even began.  The One willing to transform you from a hopeless girl in rags into His beautiful, confident and radiant princess. 

When you are completely dedicated to Him and begin to understand His incredible love for you, you will be fulfilled and possess a true, authentic beauty that flows from deep within.  Ladies who have realized this are world-changers.  They stand out from among other young women like a “lily among thorns.” 

Love,

Amberly