“God don’t like ugly!”, can be heard in our neighborhoods across America. The question is what does it mean to you and me? If God don’t like it, we ought not like it.
“and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any blemish, but holy and blameless.” Ephesians 5:27 NIV
“Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her is dazzling white silk. radiant with holiness.” Ephesians 5:27 MSG
The above scripture puts beauty into proper perspective. God has a very definite eye for beauty. Those who dare enter in a relationship with such a purveyor of beauty ought be clear on beauties definition. Beauty in contrast to the ugly expressed in our colloquial phrase mentioned above seems to be an expression of holiness. Since God by nature is holy and can not be anything but holy; beauty is also an characteristic of God himself. The Church and everything in creation receives it’s beauty from the creator and God himself. The church however, is distinctly beautiful because of what God pronounces over her. God has cleaned her and set the church apart from the rest of creation for himself.
The church has to play a major role in Jesus return. The confession and testimony of the church is where the beautification began. The culmination is Jesus return for his church. It will make the glory or beauty of this relationship evident to all people. The revelation of Jesus will also expose the ugliness of unbelief and blasphemy.
God really does not like ugly. The ugliness we see in people today is only the tip of a large iceberg of the ungodly forces at work today. No matter how powerful and supernatural the evil is in the world today; it is no match to King Jesus. It is true God don’t like ugly, but he is patiently gather a church out of every culture, tribe and language. Those who observe the church and never believe on Jesus will find themselves among those who will be without God eternally. God don’t like ugly, but he surely loves ugly people like you and me. All the ugly need for beautification is to believe on Jesus and be saved. Please don’t get caught in the hype of our times. It will leave you ugly and without hope. Trust Jesus and believe. His beauty and what you long to see.
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes to take the free gift of the water of life. Revelation 22:17 NIV
Constance 