During this past week I have been reading the book of Exodus, the directions to Moses about how the robes of the priests (Aaron and his sons) would be made. They must have been beautiful. They were to be woven of blue yarn and trimmed with embroidered pomegranates and little golden bells which would give a happy tinkling sound as they moved. Clearly God wants us to create beautiful things just as he created all the countless beautiful things for us.
First let us accept that we all see beauty in our own way. We are made in his image but he is a personal God and relates to each one of us differently. From Exodus and other passages in the Bible, it is clear that God wants the places where we come together to worship him to be beautiful. Beauty uplifts us to God.
What about our own homes, our own attire? This has nothing to do with luxury or heavy spending. It has to do with care and love. The question is – do we express to others who we are by our surroundings and even by what we wear?
Think on these things as you scrub a floor or paint a ceiling. We do not want to self consciously think of the impressions we are making but let us be conscious of our Father’s creative love for us and the gift of beauty he has bestowed on the whole world. Jesus said “Consider the lilies of the field – they toil not neither do they spin but Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”
Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem and he built himself a very grand palace. It took him seven years to build the temple. His own palace took thirteen years. The throne was set high on six steps with a large lion at the edge of each, made of ivory and overlaid with gold. There he sat, where everyone could see his magnificence He lost sight of building to the glory of God. Let us always work for our Father’s glory
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