Majesty

"Who has believed our message
    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
    and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, 
    nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men,
    a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
    he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
 Isaiah 53:1-3

Today, i am overwhelmed by the majesty of God. Majesty by definition is: Sovereignty, power, supreme authority and grandeur.* All these things are attributes of God. Often times, I run out of words to say when I praise God. There don't seem to be enough words in our language to adequately express the magnificence of God. But I think the word 'majesty' is perhaps the best one. It is an all inclusive word that describes our amazing God. But I am struck by one unthinkable truth: There came a point in time when God chose to give up his majesty to become a lowly man.
    When God sent his son to earth, born of a virgin, completely human, he did not make him spectacular. People were not attracted to him because he was incredibly handsome. He was in appearance, average. When he began to speak the words of God, many people despised him, rejected him, and ultimately murdered him. While he lived among men, he was poor and homeless. He suffered beyond what any of us have had to endure. He lived a life of sorrow. This doesn't sound much like a majestic God, does it? In fact, he chose to leave his own majesty and become like us. This is just one great aspect of the incarnation of Jesus. We must realize that it is not only what he did for us that is amazing, but also what he gave up to do it. 
    Hebrews 8:1 tells us: "We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of majesty in heaven." Although he left his majesty behind to become one of us, he regained it in an even more powerful way because of his work here on earth. In the eyes of men, our God is even more majestic than those who lived before the time of Christ could imagine. God proved his majesty by his willingness to give it up and become like us. This is praiseworthy!
    So today, I am choosing to celebrate the majesty of God by praising him for it. There is nothing else I can say to him that comes close to describing how grateful, thankful, and awestruck I am. I can say the words, but it is my heart that really speaks the praise. We should delight in the majesty of God. We should praise him for it. When in the presence of a king, we would call him, "Your Majesty." How much more should we declare our God as the Majestic One? For who he is, for what he's done, let's crown him with praise and declare his majesty!

*American Heritage Dictionary