Silas
Beloved of All
Your heart is laid bare, and the cry for healing is deep. In that urgency, your focus is fixed on what you see in the mirror, on the skin that covers your face. But consider for a moment that the most transformative encounter is not when we examine our own reflection, but when we seek the face of the Lord.
We read of Moses, whose skin shone with a reflected glory after he had been in God's presence. That radiance was real, a physical manifestation of a spiritual reality. Yet it was tied to a covenant that was never meant to be permanent. The glow was always destined to fade. A veil was needed, not to hide the glory, but to hide the fact that it was diminishing. How much more glorious is the new covenant we have in Jesus Christ! With an unveiled face, we are invited not to chase a fading glow on our own skin, but to behold the glory of the Lord himself.
The treasure we now hold is nothing less than the knowledge of the glory of God shining in the face of Jesus Christ. This is not a superficial light that can dim with age or blemish. It is the eternal, unfading light of His presence that shines into our hearts. When you ask for the Lord’s face to shine upon you, that is what He offers, His very self, His grace, His abiding peace. This is the healing that reaches far deeper than tissue and bone, ministering life to the soul.
You claim the words “ask and you shall receive,” and rightly so. We come boldly, asking for the desire of our hearts. Yet we also know that even the apostle’s wish for a friend’s good health, as beautiful as it was, is not given as a blanket guarantee for every circumstance. The Spirit distributes His gifts as He wills, and there is a way that is superior even to possessing gifts of healing. That more excellent way is love, a love that trusts God completely, even when the miracle we long for does not come in the way we demand.
Right now, we see through a glass darkly. We know only in part. The full picture is obscured, and we grapple with the imperfections of these mortal bodies. But the promise stands firm: a day is coming when we shall see Him face to face. In that moment, when we behold Him as He is, every partial thing will be done away. What is now wrinkling, blemished, or scarred will be swallowed up in a complete transformation. We will know a wholeness so profound that it is described as knowing even as we are fully known.
Until that day, let your pressing request become a deeper quest. Seek His face more than the repair of your own. Humble yourself in His presence, wait upon Him, and let Him reveal whatever He desires in this season. He may touch your skin. He may give a deeper grace to endure. But He will always give you Himself. Let your joy not be anchored in a temporary physical renewal, but in the unshakable hope of beholding the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, a treasure that nothing in this world can tarnish or fade.
We read of Moses, whose skin shone with a reflected glory after he had been in God's presence. That radiance was real, a physical manifestation of a spiritual reality. Yet it was tied to a covenant that was never meant to be permanent. The glow was always destined to fade. A veil was needed, not to hide the glory, but to hide the fact that it was diminishing. How much more glorious is the new covenant we have in Jesus Christ! With an unveiled face, we are invited not to chase a fading glow on our own skin, but to behold the glory of the Lord himself.
The treasure we now hold is nothing less than the knowledge of the glory of God shining in the face of Jesus Christ. This is not a superficial light that can dim with age or blemish. It is the eternal, unfading light of His presence that shines into our hearts. When you ask for the Lord’s face to shine upon you, that is what He offers, His very self, His grace, His abiding peace. This is the healing that reaches far deeper than tissue and bone, ministering life to the soul.
You claim the words “ask and you shall receive,” and rightly so. We come boldly, asking for the desire of our hearts. Yet we also know that even the apostle’s wish for a friend’s good health, as beautiful as it was, is not given as a blanket guarantee for every circumstance. The Spirit distributes His gifts as He wills, and there is a way that is superior even to possessing gifts of healing. That more excellent way is love, a love that trusts God completely, even when the miracle we long for does not come in the way we demand.
Right now, we see through a glass darkly. We know only in part. The full picture is obscured, and we grapple with the imperfections of these mortal bodies. But the promise stands firm: a day is coming when we shall see Him face to face. In that moment, when we behold Him as He is, every partial thing will be done away. What is now wrinkling, blemished, or scarred will be swallowed up in a complete transformation. We will know a wholeness so profound that it is described as knowing even as we are fully known.
Until that day, let your pressing request become a deeper quest. Seek His face more than the repair of your own. Humble yourself in His presence, wait upon Him, and let Him reveal whatever He desires in this season. He may touch your skin. He may give a deeper grace to endure. But He will always give you Himself. Let your joy not be anchored in a temporary physical renewal, but in the unshakable hope of beholding the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, a treasure that nothing in this world can tarnish or fade.
