When we think of grand and glorious, we picture things that give us a sense of pleasure or awe. A grand sunset, an image of the Grand Canyon, or even the MGM Grand, the largest hotel in the United States, fits the bill nicely.
Yet, who would not feel equally awed at the sound of a magnificent symphony playing the compositions of the old masters, or the glittering array of colors in a striking stained glass window?
We worship the God who paints the sunsets on the horizon, who carved the Grand Canyon, and who imbued men with the skills to construct the MGM Grand.
The old masters? Without inspiration from God, their masterpieces would be no more than ink on paper, unplayable and forgotten. And what about those stained glass windows? The sun breaks through, and in that instant, the combination of colors in the glass becomes more than each could have been on its own. It leaps out at us, alive in its luminosity, and vibrant in its intensity.
There is nothing greater to behold.
Ephesians 3:21 tells of a God who is a stained glass symphony, one who rings with the chords of a hundred instruments, in an infinitely complex arrangement of notes, a God who rises before us in beauty, lighted by a thousand points of beautiful light, sparkling in so many colors that his beauty is difficult to behold.
The Bible says it this way: “Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.”
We, as his church, are the visible demonstration of the beauty of the Eternal God. Our glorious victory, made possible by the sacrifice of the cross, is the symphony written by the hand of Jesus, and the intricate combination of colors painted by the blood he shed.
We are the stained glass symphony that sends the glory of the Christ unto all the world.
The world sees the glory of Christ through us. We cannot let any dirt get in the way.
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