Behold Your God

April 21

“…Say to the cities of Judah, ‘Behold your God,’” Isaiah 40:9.

It is told of a traveler going through Egypt who, while traversing the desert wasteland came upon the remains of a marble statue. All that was left of the once grand image on the pedestal were two feet and the lower part of two gigantic legs.

Nearby, lying in the sand, was the cracked remains of what had been the head. The face had a cruel sneer on its lips.

When the traveler rubbed the sand away from the pedestal, he found this inscription: “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”

The traveler looked, and as far as the eye could see, there was naught but the sifting sand. Ozymandias had bestowed upon himself the name “king of kings,” but whatever kingdom and glory he once enjoyed had disappeared.

In contrast, the true King of kings was meek and lowly of mind. The King of kings and Lord of lords—the King of all creation—was not arrogant or haughty. He did not flaunt His power or compel fear from those in His presence.

No, Jesus Christ lifted people from the miry clay of sin! He healed them from the ravages of disease! He endued them with power in their prayers! He filled them with hope that transcended time and embraced eternity!

Napoleon observed at St. Helena, “Can you conceive of Caesar as the eternal emperor of the Roman Senate and, from the depths of his mausoleum, governing the empire, watching over the destinies of Rome? Such is the history of the invasion and conquest of the world by Christianity; such is the power of the God of the Christians…”

Jesus is the eternal King of kings, the Lord who reigns supreme. No other has ever been or ever will be greater.

May we who have placed our lives at His feet be ever surrendered to Him so He may continually use us to His glory. May we not merely give lip service to our Lord but may we be completely committed to Him and to His purposes.

May we be among those who know who He is and exclaim for all the world to hear, “Behold your God!”