Early one spring morning I walked out the front door was my home and saw a spiderweb. It was beautiful, but it wasn’t strong. Before the day was over, the web was gone.

Some things are beautiful but not strong. And other things are strong but not beautiful. There was a beauty about the tabernacle and temple (v.6). The tabernacle was a tent—it had beauty but not a great deal of strength. The temple had both strength and beauty.... God gave both strength and beauty to His creation, such as trees, mountains and rivers.... We can “worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” because “strength and beauty are in His sanctuary” (v.6).

God’s works have both beauty and strength. If you are working in fellowship with Him, your life will have a beauty that is strong and a strength that is beautiful. You’ll become more and more like Jesus.