As you can see in the video above, we have a generation that has been brain-washed by Hollywood and various forms of media into a false beauty that ruins lives and breaks the hearts of many men and women.
True, Inward Beauty Lasts Forever!
I am not saying that we should be stupid and not shower or take care of our appearance in rebellion to Hollywood and the to world we live in. All in all, it is a good thing to keep yourself decent... Please! Make sure you brush your teeth, don't make others suffer because of your religious convictions, haha! But for real, what I am saying is that we should be more concerned about inside beauty, more than slaving for shallow outside beauty. Because from the least to the greatest of us all, we will all grow old and our outward beauty will fade like a flower which is here and blooming one day and is fading and gone the next day. Yes, we all will become wrinkly like a sun-dried raisin in due time. However, INWARD BEAUTY LASTS FOREVER!!!! Shouldn't we then focus on what lasts forever?The Worlds Beauty is Fake and Misleading!
After all, the standard of beauty that Hollywood has set is FAKE as seen in the video above! Wow, our generation has bought into a huge Lie, can you see it now? Why should we live for a false beauty that does not satisfy and will fade so quickly? Why should we live our lives and give our precious hearts to a deceiving illusion that will quickly fade and is not true? After all the bible tells us to guard our heart (inner being) with everything we've got, because our heart contains the wells of our life, the very essence of our being. (Prov 4:23).
Supermodels are Miserable
If you talk to almost any 'supermodel' (like I have) heart to heart, you will find out real quick that they hate themselves and are miserable. What! The very people who the world looks up to, worships and idolizes are MISERABLE and HATE THEMSELVES?
Don't believe me? Look at Britney Spears She has been well known over the last 10 years as a Hollywood star that millions, if not a billion, of people look up to for a standard of beauty and fame. Huum..... It doesn't seem like that is making her very happy considering she was at one time admitted to a mental hospital, shaved her head bald as she was being driven "crazy" just like she sang in one of her hit songs. ( Jesus, have mercy on Britney and show her what true love and beauty is...)
Hey You! here is a tip, before you idolize someone, make sure they are worthy of your admiration. Find out what they are like off the camera and without all that make-up and airbrushing, find out if they are really happy or not. I believe that there is only One who is worthy of our attention and fascination and worship that is 'The Man' Jesus Christ!
A Man of Incredible Eternal Beauty
CHECK THIS OUT: Jesus was by far the most beautiful person to ever walk to face of the planet earth, but the scripture says that outwardly he was unattractive! (Isa 53:2). Wow! But the Beautiful life this man lived is indescribably fascinating! Oh, how He stepped down from His throne in heaven and came into the world as a servant although He is the King of Kings! Oh, how He had compassion on the sick, forgave and restored the lives of prostitutes and many other wretched, broken sinners. Oh, The purity in this Man, The Humility of this Man, the Gentleness and Kindness of this Man, the Selflessness of this Man, the divine romance of this Man. The fiery love of this Man who, although He is God, came down from heaven to die for us that we would not have to be separated from Him and His love for all of eternity. NOW THIS IS TRUE BEAUTY AND SOMEONE WHO IS WORTHY OF FASCINATION, ADORATION AND WORSHIP! This is someone we can live for and trust our precious heart with. This is someone who I want to look like, talk like, act like, be just like!
Summary
Brothers and sisters, lets make the bible be the place we go to find out what true beauty really is! Lets Study and 'gaze upon' the inward beauty of Christ and let His life and words be what we look to as our 'MODEL' of what we want to look like. Lets worship Jesus Christ who is worthy of our hearts, admiration and fascination, He is a 'Good Shepard' and the one who cares for our heart and restores our broken soul and gives us pure everlasting beauty and love that deeply and eternally satisfies.
Lets worship a worthy King who will be alive forever rather than the next Hollywood 'Nut Job' who will be the next media super-star used by the devil to lead a generation away into a shallow lie of fake love and false beauty that is destroying the hearts and self worth of those in our generation. After all, what we behold (constantly look at and adore, worship) we WILL become (2 Cor 3:18). Do you want to make Jesus your hero/model and have an eternal beauty manifest in your life. Or do you want to give yourself to a Hollywood fantasy that will rip out your heart and make you chase a lie that can never satisfy your soul and that will put you into bondage and make you like a hyper dog chasing it's tail as the devil laughs at you because he knows you bought into his lie and you 'ain't never gonna get' what you are frantically making yourself dizzy chasing after?
Prayers for the revelation of God's True Beauty
God awaken our Generation! and shatter the illusions that we have bought into that separates us from truth and from walking with you. Revive us to be the way you originally created us to be as it was in the Garden of Eden before Sin entered into the world. Lord, Do this by drawing us into a real, intimate relationship with your Son Jesus Christ. Fascinate our hearts, not with religion, but with reality and a day by day encounter with the living God like it was in the garden! Win the hearts of this generation back to you. Let us see that you are all together lovely, beautiful and worthy of the greatest possession man has while on this earth, which is Our Hearts.
God Let us not be deceived, but let us pursue a love and a beauty that is real, eternal and is attainable, a beauty that every human on the planet can be satisfied with through intimacy with your Son JESUS CHRIST. God I pray that you would be the potter and I would be the clay and just like you fashioned man out of the dust in the beginning of creation, God would you now fashion our inner being to be beautiful like Christ's. God give me a true heart like Yours, a Love like Yours a peace like Yours, a purity like Yours. Daddy (God) make me just like You. God would you get our eyes off of Hollywood and the deception of the world and get our eyes onto true Holiness - Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith! Oh God that you would take the blinders off of the eyes of this generation and awaken Your true love and beauty in their hearts. In Jesus name, Amen!
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This article was written by Josh Lindquist of Generation Revival Ministries.
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