As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You]. – Psalm 17:15, Amplified Bible (AMP)

Easter is upon us, and on this Good Friday our Christian hearts and minds should be fixed on exactly what David described in Psalm 17:15. We should behold Christ’s face of righteousness in our mind’s eye, and we can do this by meditating on everything He was on Earth – and, today, is in Heaven – by diving into the Word of God. With each passage we read, we should play a movie in our mind. In those movies we should be one of the disciples, hanging on every word Christ spoke and on every action that Christ performed. We should be amazed by Him as He heals the sick. We should stand in awe of Him as He raises the dead. We should feel our hearts burn within us as He teaches us His Word. We should feel the fear, the confusion, the sorrow, and the utter despair that follows His capture and brutal crucifixion. And, finally, we should feel the triumphant joy that comes with seeing our Lord raise Himself from the dead, ascend miraculously into Heaven above, and become the Mediator between God and man.

As David inferred in Psalm 17:15, we can be satisfied in God by beholding His face continually while we are here on Earth. However, we will obtain full satisfaction only when we one day wake up in Heaven, see God Himself, and spend the rest of Eternity fellowshipping with Him. Let us not forget that the reason we can enjoy such satisfaction is found in Christ suffering horribly, dying unjustly, and becoming sin for us when He, God Himself, had never sinned at all. His beautiful face, which we long to behold, at one time was so marred that Christ was not recognizable as a man. There were bruises, cuts, and blood all over it, and He allowed His own creation to abuse Him so that He could rescue that same creation from damnation in Hell.

I’m sure when we get to Heaven that thanking Christ for His sacrifice will come naturally and immediately. But, don’t wait until you get to Heaven to thank Him. Thank Him now by keeping Him in your heart and in your mind at all times. Behold His face continually, and in so doing give Christ what He deserves – your love and your obedience.

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