The Beauty of Ordinary: Seeing Jesus as He Truly Was

As I’ve been working on my Colson Fellows devotional this week, the reality of who Christ was has been hitting me in a fresh way.

Jesus came as a regular man. He worked a regular job. He wasn’t a warrior, He wasn’t born into wealth or influence, and Scripture even tells us He had no beauty or majesty that would attract us to Him (Isaiah 53:2). He was simply ordinary in appearance, yet He was the extraordinary Son of God.

That truth alone speaks volumes. God intentionally showed us that we don’t have to be what the world deems “enough” to glorify Him. You don’t need to be powerful, attractive, wealthy, or influential in the eyes of culture. You just need to be who God created you to be.

And it goes even deeper. When Jesus stood trial, He didn’t fight back. His feelings weren’t hurt. He didn’t plead His case or argue with His accusers. Instead, He entrusted everything to the Father and willingly laid His life down (Isaiah 53:7).

That kind of surrender is hard. Life is hard—for those who follow Christ and even for those who don’t. The world is full of struggles, persecution, and injustices. But Jesus shows us that we don’t have to be controlled by the chaos around us. Remember when He calmed the storm? (Mark 4:39) His message is the same: stop being bothered by the world.

The deeper revelation is this: Jesus reflects us, and we reflect Him. He came as a regular man so that all of humanity could see themselves in Him—and so we could know that by His Spirit, He now lives in us.

The world wants you to be confused, to hate yourself, to chase desires that will never matter in eternity. But Jesus reminds us that this life is just a blip compared to forever. Eternity is real, and the Kingdom is waiting.

So today, be encouraged:

• You don’t have to strive to be “enough.” You already are in Christ.

• You don’t have to fight every false accusation. God is your defender.

• You don’t have to be shaken by the storm. Jesus speaks peace into it.

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Live now for the Lord, so you can live forever with Him.