Some worship and admire their own faces and bodily appearance; these have succumbed to the cult of beauty. This cult values a few people above the rest. The self-centered who always look at the reflection of their own mirror always become corrupted by the look. The sex-culture is married to the cult of beauty. The One we follow had His face marred and there was “no beauty that we should desire Him” (Isaiah 53:2). Why? One, He made Himself like ordinary humans lest we follow Him for twisted reasons. Two, He was teaching us that there is something beyond the pursuit of beauty. Physical beauty is fading; inner beauty is ever increasing. We are to pursue the divine likeness; all other pursuits are the pursuit of our own selves. He is the source of all beauty for both male and female and by becoming like Him something shines through humans more beautiful than the physical. I have seen it many times.
“Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.” 1 Peter 3:3–4 (NLT)
