What does Jesus look like???

I have been reading Luke 24:13-35 and listening to Todd Agnew’s song My Jesus today, preparing to preach this weekend…

And it got me thinking, we all have a picture of Jesus we see in our minds when we hear about Jesus.  We all have a concept of what he looks like…

So I googled “pictures of Jesus” and I got about 31,900,000 results in 0.18 seconds in images. Here is the link to check it out for  yourself (http://www.google.com/search?q=Pictures+of+Jesus&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1168&bih=653).

Todd Agnew’s song My Jesus includes the lyrics “Pretty Blue Eyes and curly brown hair and a clear complexion.  Is how you see him as he dies for your sins.”  We see Jesus as a wonderfully kept person who was always well presentable.  We forget that he was human. We forget that he was just like us.  The song continues: “But the word says he was battered and scared or did you miss that part, sometimes I doubt we’d recognize him.”

Just like the disciples on the way in Luke were kept from seeing him.  They couldn’t recognize Jesus even though they probably walked with him for a while here on earth and followed him as he did ministry.  They said to Jesus, about Jesus “he was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people”  They were looking for the prophet they wanted, and Jesus was not fitting the bill.  How often do we place God in a box and when he does not fit our image we discount it as not being God.  We want it nice and neat so we are in control.  We want to be the masters of our universe.  Just like all of the disciples in the upper room from last week Gospel reading from John 20:19–31, none of them knew Jesus when he first said “Peace be with you”.  He had to show them his hands and his side and then they rejoiced!  Thomas only asked for what Jesus gave to the others, the opportunity to see him!  And if we don’t see him the way we expect to see him, then we do not accept that it is him!

So I wonder what does Jesus look like?  How does our image of Jesus, keep us from seeing Jesus?

Here is a video of Todd Agnew’s My Jesus