2 Kings 9:22
King James Version
22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu,
that he said, Is it peace, Jehu?
And he answered, What peace,
so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel
and her witchcrafts are so many?
A remarkable thing happened recently.
Wherein our city bet became national bet, and will be our international bet.
This born again watchman/workman speaks of a recent beauty contest winner.
She probably won because of her face, form, Filipino support, and astounding answer.
Wherein she declared that she's at the contest, not because of her strength, or beauty and skills, but "only by the grace of God".
To cap it off, she also wanted to be remembered as someone who had a "big faith and a big heart".
You can imagine the applause at that.
A beauty contestant giving GLORY to GOD?
Should I not be happy for this pretty, young lady who bravely paraded before the stage, in her swimsuit, and gown; danced, and preened like all the others?
Should I not be happy that my tiny city seems to win such contests?
There was a time, as a young girl, I drew women's faces.
I'd copy, and sketch every feature, from photographs.
The pretty eyes, long lashes, arched eyebrows, gentle smiles, lovely hair, prominent cheekbones.
I was truly enamored of beauty then.
Natural beauty, mostly.
Today?
It's all fake.
But worse?
It's all vanity.
I did write that since post-covid era -- relative to this article -- the HOLY SPIRIT has made me notice this:
"More useless beauty contests, for both male and female, with Filipino/foreign hybrids seemingly dominating such.
My country is dying from vanity."
-- "Some IMPORTANT observations"
And if you think it's waned down, hardly.
Today, there are even more beauty contests for men, and women.
With face comes fame, and fortune.
Something many men and women aspire to.
Heedless of the traps, dangers, and repercussions.
Why else has the enemy gone for women, that they may "get" the men?
It's as if the woke culture has gone for revenge.
In total defiance of what JESUS said here:
Luke 16:15
King James Version
15 And he said unto them,
Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;
but God knoweth your hearts:
for that which is highly esteemed among men
is abomination in the sight of God.
Or of what apostle Paul commanded we focus on:
Colossians 3:1-2
King James Version
3 If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth.
Or of what John the Baptist taught me early on about himself, and JESUS:
John 3:30-31
King James Version
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above all:
he that is of the earth is earthly,
and speaketh of the earth:
he that cometh from heaven
is above all.
But no.
Man has to have this way.
His way, or the highway, and not necessarily the HIGH way.
Which only GOD can give:
Isaiah 55:8-9
King James Version
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
So, what are my thoughts about beauty contests?
In answer, let's turn to Scripture.
That's what really matters.
The WORD of GOD:
Proverbs 31:30
King James Version
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:
but a woman that feareth the Lord,
she shall be praised.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
King James Version
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher,
vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Matthew 19:30
King James Version
30 But many that are first shall be last;
and the last shall be first.
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
King James Version
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery
is temperate in all things.
Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown;
but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly;
so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body,
and bring it into subjection:
lest that by any means,
when I have preached to others,
I myself should be a castaway.
1 Corinthians 10:31-33
King James Version
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink,
or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews,
nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
33 Even as I please all men in all things,
not seeking mine own profit,
but the profit of many,
that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 10:7
King James Version
7 Do ye look on things
after the outward appearance?
if any man trust to himself that he is Christ's,
let him of himself think this again,
that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
2 Corinthians 10:12
King James Version
12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number,
or compare ourselves with some
that commend themselves:
but they measuring themselves by themselves,
and comparing themselves among themselves,
are not wise.
2 Corinthians 10:17-18
King James Version
17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved,
but whom the Lord commendeth.
2 Corinthians 11:13-14
King James Version
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself
is transformed into an angel of light.
Galatians 5:1
King James Version
5 Stand fast therefore
in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,
and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:9
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9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Galatians 5:13
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13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty;
only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh,
but by love serve one another.
Galatians 5:14-16
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14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word,
even in this;
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15 But if ye bite and devour one another,
take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:17-18
King James Version
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit,
and the Spirit against the flesh:
and these are contrary the one to the other:
so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit,
ye are not under the law.
Galatians 5:19-21
King James Version
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest,
which are these; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings,
and such like: of the which I tell you before,
as I have also told you in time past,
that they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:22-23
King James Version
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:24
King James Version
24 And they that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts.
Galatians 5:25-26
King James Version
25 If we live in the Spirit,
let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory,
provoking one another,
envying one another.
Galatians 6:7-8
King James Version
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked:
for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh
shall of the flesh reap corruption;
but he that soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Philippians 2:3
King James Version
3 Let nothing be done
through strife or vainglory;
but in lowliness of mind
let each esteem other
better than themselves.
Philippians 2:5-11
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5 Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself, and became obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things in earth,
and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:14-16
King James Version
14 Do all things
without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless,
the sons of God, without rebuke,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life;
that I may rejoice in the day of Christ,
that I have not run in vain,
neither laboured in vain.
Colossians 3:17
King James Version
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Colossians 3:23-25
King James Version
23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,
as to the Lord, and not unto men;
24 Knowing that of the Lord
ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance:
for ye serve the Lord Christ.
25 But he that doeth wrong
shall receive for the wrong which he hath done:
and there is no respect of persons.
James 4:1-3
King James Version
4 From whence come wars
and fightings among you?
come they not hence,
even of your lusts that war in your members?
2 Ye lust, and have not:
ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:
ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss,
that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James 4:4
King James Version
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses,
know ye not that the friendship of the world
is enmity with God?
whosoever therefore
will be a friend of the world
is the enemy of God.
James 4:16-17
King James Version
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings:
all such rejoicing is evil.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good,
and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
1 Peter 3:3-5
King James Version
3 Whose adorning let it not be
that outward adorning of plaiting the hair,
and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart,
in that which is not corruptible,
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God of great price.
5 For after this manner in the old time
the holy women also, who trusted in God,
adorned themselves, being in subjection
unto their own husbands:
The antidote to all that?
Focus on JESUS, and GOD's will, alone.
Galatians 6:9
King James Version
9 And let us not be weary in well doing:
for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
2 Timothy 2:1
King James Version
2 Thou therefore, my son,
be strong in the grace
that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:3-4
King James Version
3 Thou therefore endure hardness,
as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself
with the affairs of this life;
that he may please him
who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
2 Timothy 2:5
King James Version
5 And if a man also strive for masteries,
yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
James 4:10
King James Version
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,
and he shall lift you up.
James 4:14-15
King James Version
14 Whereas ye know not
what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life?
It is even a vapour,
that appeareth for a little time,
and then vanisheth away.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will,
we shall live, and do this, or that.
Let us not glorify in ourselves, on the pretext of glorifying GOD.
Let us not allow the world to make "meat" of us.
Let us treat our bodies with respect.
Our bodies are sacred.
It is not for show, nor to show off.
It is the TEMPLE of the HOLY SPIRIT.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
King James Version
19 What?
know ye not
that your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost
which is in you,
which ye have of God,
and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's.
Beauty contests come, and go.
Yearly.
You are today's favorite.
Tomorrow, it will be someone else.
Be not fodder for potential temptation.
The lust of the eyes do things to the flesh.
Be chaste, and modest, as a godly woman would be.
Same for men, who are captivated by beauty, too.
Whether of themselves, or of others.
More here:
And for those who love, and support beauty contests, and are addicted to beauty, please pray this:
Psalm 119:37
King James Version
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity;
and quicken thou me in thy way.
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