The Face of Messiah and You

Sunday, February 11, 2024

My Uncle Oscar sent a photograph to a place in Japan that converted photos into paintings at a good price. It came back beautiful, except for one problem- My Uncle is a Jewish man from New York, but in the painting he had become Japanese. When you look at paintings of Messiah from different times and places the same thing happens. He looks like the people of that time and place. The Bible gives no physical description of Messiah, and there's a reason for it. Your job is to make a picture of Messiah on earth with your life. It's to be Messiah, but it's you- Messiah with your features, in your life. How would Messiah be depicted in terms of you? How would He live your life- show His love to your family, respond to your problems, to your situation, overcome challenges, work on your job? The key is to take Messiah and portray Him, let Him show Himself through you with the colors, material, features, and context of your life. You'll end up with a masterpiece even better than the Japanese version of my Uncle Oscar.

From Message #751 - The Face Of Messiah