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| “Those who look to him [God] are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.” |
| —Psalm 34:5 |
Can you spot someone who is feeling great joy? I imagine you can. There is just something about the way he or she looks. We often say he or she is radiant.
I remember my mother often telling my dad on our way home from church on Sunday that she thought such and such a mother was pregnant. “She’s just glowing,” my mom would say. And, she was usually right. In just a few weeks, the announcement of an impending birth would spread through the church.
New brides and grooms often have “that look” about them that says they’re feeling significant joy. Their smiles radiate the love that they feel for each other. In fact, that feeling of being deeply loved tends to affect how they relate to other people, as well.
It should come as no surprise that King David would use such an image to describe the relationship that those chosen by God have with Him. Notice what David writes in Psalm 34:5:
Those who look to him [God] are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
A follower of Jesus can receive no greater a compliment than to hear someone say, “When I look at you, I see Jesus.” The radiance of Christ’s divine Presence within a believe is surely a mark of great joy.
As we begin a new day, let’s not be afraid to show the joy that dwells within us because God has chosen us to belong to Himself. We have every good reason to have radiant faces, filled with overflowing joy.
