A Bride – How Beautiful!

January 31, 2008

by Linda Lail

Have you ever thought about how you look in the eyes of the Bridegroom? I have often wondered what Jesus sees when He looks at me. Does He see the flaws, the imperfections, the scars and bruises that come from my disobedience? Or does He hold me in His heart as precious and pure? And a question of equal importance is “do I hold myself as precious and pure for Him?”

What an awesome thought that we as the bride of Christ have a Bridegroom who is coming for us. God, our heavenly Father, tells us that he is preparing a bride for His son and we, the church, are that bride. As women how do we work together with the Father to prepare ourselves for the Bridegroom? Revelation 19:7-8 says “….His wife has made herself ready….arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright. The fine linen here is the righteous acts of the saints.” Ephesians 5:27 tells us that Christ has completed His work in order “to present her to Himself, a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.”

As women, and as the bride preparing for the Bridegroom, we have a tremendous opportunity to walk before a fallen, broken world clothed in the garments of salvation and covered with the robe of righteousness (Isaiah 61:10) To be clothed in such a way speaks to our being diligent in keeping ourselves pure and esteeming ourselves as precious in His eye.

When we walk seeking after the heart of the Bridegroom, we will be ready for His coming “and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.” Isaiah 61:5)

Even so, come Lord Jesus.

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