4.02.2006

Power, beauty and other things of that nature

Amos Lee sings a song called Soul Sucker (which I think is an interesting title) and in it he says, "Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world." I was listening to that today and then i came across this verse in Corinthians...
"For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power." 1 Corinthians 4:20
Now if the Kingdom of God is a matter of power and there is truth in what Amos Lee says (that nothing is more powerful than beauty) then there must be a strong correlation between the two....that the Kingdom of God is deeply connected to beauty or that in fact the two may be one in the same.
What of beauty though when Isaiah prophesies about the Kingdom of God coming to earth and he says, "He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him..." I am left believing that the Kingdom operates under a totally different definition of beauty than I do, than the world does. The power of the Kingdom of God is wrapped up in the ideas that Jesus lived and died for..ideas like loving ones neighbor as oneself, forgiving one's enemies, freedom to the captives, turning the other cheek, hope to the oppressed, equality for all people, eternal reward, giving to receive, dieing for the sake of living and so on and so on...truly beautiful concepts and practices.
In Acts 1 the disciples are asking Jesus when he is going to restore the Kingdom and he says that it isn't for them to know, but that they will "receive power when the Holy Spirit come on them" to be his kingdom to the ends of the earth. I can't think of anything more beautiful than the Kingdom of God and I can't think of anything greater than Jesus giving us full "power" to live out that beauty, true beauty, to this wicked world.

1 comments:

Mark "Sleeve" Smyers said...

(insert accent)amen sister, amen.

the greatness of heaven is not the gold streets or pearly gates. its the ability to commune with God. its the ability to be around Him and experiance His power, grace, holiness, gentlness, creativity, love, beauty, ....all'ness(not a real word, but i like it).

and i have proof that beauty is not power too. look at donald trump. nuff said.