SA 90:17{"How great is His beauty!" said Zechariah. How can His beauty be upon us? In two ways; try to understand them, and then ask that in both ways the beauty of the Lord our God may be upon you. One way is by His covering you with the robe of Jesus Christ's righteousness, looking upon you not as you are in yourself, all sinful and unholy, but as if all the Savior's beautiful and holy life were yours, reckoning it to you for His sake. In this way He can call us "perfect through My comeliness which I had put upon thee." The other way is by giving you the beauty of holiness, for that is His own beauty; and though we never can be quite like Him till we see Him as He is, He can begin to make us like Him even now.
Shall not longsuffering in thee be wrought,
To mirror back His own?
His gentleness shall mellow every thought,
And look and tone.
And all around shall praise Him as they see
The meekness of Thy Lord;
Thus, even here and now, how blest shall be
Thy sure reward!