Gazing at the Beauty of the Lord
This past weekend I spent time with family, and during that time, I went into Tiffany & Co. for the first time. I’m not a huge fancy jewelry person, but I admire the beauty. We started with necklaces, earrings, and gold rings, which were lovely, but the showstoppers were the diamond engagement rings.
I couldn’t stop gazing at them. They were so brilliant that when I moved my gaze angle and saw rainbows reflecting from them. At that moment, I remembered Revelation 4, where John sees God on His throne in all His radiance and describes him as brilliant as a gemstone and an emerald rainbow emanating from this throne. I never got the emerald rainbow part until I saw these rings reflecting light into rainbows.
It’s safe to say I encountered God at Tiffany & Co., although I wasn’t trying to. Right now, stop and dwell on God’s beauty, His radiance. I encourage you to read and mull over Revelation 4 and ask Him what it means, bit by bit. I firmly believe God longs to reveal Himself to us during our day-to-day tasks, but we miss little opportunities due to focusing on the natural too much.
Let’s get lost in gazing at our strong, beautiful, brilliant God and awe Him. Let’s see how that shift in our focus changes the everyday mundane of life. Let’s encounter Him together, friend, and let’s go deeper.
“After these things, I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” Immediately I was in the Spirit; behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.”
Revelation 4:1-3 NKJV
