The Beauty of God

Psalm 27:4 “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek Him in His temple.”


Psalm 96:6
“6 Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

As scripture declares, God is beautiful. But, we so often confuse what true beauty is. And we must not allow the common misconceptions of beauty to infiltrate our understanding of the beauty of God.

The beauty of God is not a physical attractiveness. It is not like looking at a eye-pleasing picture, or a sunrise, or a baby. It is much deeper than that. God’s beauty is the aggregate of His qualities that are more than we could ever imagine. His holiness, loving-kindness, justice, mercy, goodness, power – are what makes Him beautiful, lovely, wonderful, and worthy of worship.

God’s beauty is different from common ideas of beauty in another way. You have heard the common cliché “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” That may be true when it comes to a painting, but not when it comes to God.
His beauty is not subjective. It is not dependent on the tastes and opinions of anyone. His character is the supreme constant in all the universe. This means that His beauty, His identity is not dependent on anyone or anything.


Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,
who publishes salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

I have heard this passage quoted and sung at many weddings. What many fail to realize is that this is a passage about the coming Messiah. It is about Jesus Christ. He is the one that is bring good news, publishing peace, happiness and salvation.

Here is a great example of the beauty of God not being physical attractiveness. The Messiah did not have physically attractive feet. The beauty is not in appearance but in His character and His actions.

The beauty of God is on full display in Jesus Christ and His cross. The most gruesome pictures of Jesus on the cross is the beauty of God. That cross displays the fullness and perfection of so many of God’s intrinsic qualities. It shows His justice, righteousness, goodness, wrath, holiness, kindness, mercy, grace, and His great love.

People may choose not to ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name, but they will one day. People may opt not to behold the beauty of the Lord now, but they will one day – in all the awe and fear that His beauty deserves and demands.

I choose today.