The Face of Jesus and You

The Face of Jesus and You…

My Uncle Larry 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 was a man from Arkansas, but in the painting, he had become Japanese.

When you look at paintings of Jesus 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 Jesus, and there’s a reason for it.

Your job is to make a picture of Jesus on earth with your life. It’s to be Jesus, but it’s you – Jesus with your features in your life. How would Jesus 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 Jesus 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.

Who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.  Philippians 3:21

Let your being, your body, your soul, your life be the vessel and the portrait of Jesus to all who see you today.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed