Exodus 34:35
“And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.”
People pay a lot of money to have cosmetic surgery to change something that they don't like about themselves. Someone will pay a lot of money to change the shape of their nose or lips, the features of their face, or the marks of age all because they don't like how they perceive themselves. Everybody has seen that one person who looks worse after a facelift than before they had it done.
Though doctors may be able to change a person’s looks, one thing they cannot change is one’s countenance. It doesn't matter how good a person’s physical features may look; they still look bad if they have a poor countenance. The emphasis upon the physical features is a waste because what truly matters is one’s countenance.
A person who learned how to get a countenance lift was Moses. He went to the top of Mount Sinai the second time to receive the commandments of God. He spent forty days and nights with God at the top of the mount. He ate no food and drank no water for those forty days. The only sustenance he received was the presence of God. When he came down from the mount he had changed and didn't know it. Verse 29 says, “And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.” He didn't have to spend money to have his countenance changed, but he did have to spend a lot of time with the LORD to have it changed. Yes, he paid a price to have a countenance lift, and that price was forty days and nights with the LORD without eating and drinking. Everyone could see the difference in his countenance as evidenced in the verse above when it says, “And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone…”
Every Christian can use a countenance lift. The world doesn't need to see what our countenance is like, but they need to see the countenance of the LORD shining through our lives. There is only one way to change an angry countenance, and that is to have a countenance lift by spending time with the LORD. You can change your negative countenance by paying the price to spend time with the LORD. You don't need to see a psychiatrist to attempt to change your depressed spirit; what you need to do is spend time with God to have your countenance changed. You can spend thousands of dollars trying to change the part of your countenance that you don't like, but the only way you will successfully change it is by spending time with the LORD.
You can have a countenance lift if you are willing to pay the price to spend enough time with the LORD so that His countenance will shine through you. Your countenance is simply a reflection of who or what you spend time dwelling with or on. If you spend enough time dwelling with the Saviour in prayer, you will find that your countenance will reflect the countenance of God. By the way, everyone will see the difference. The answer to getting a countenance lift is to spend much time with God. The only question is, are you willing to spend the amount of time it takes to get a countenance lift? I hope you do because this world needs to see the countenance of God shining through you.