The Painting of the last SUPPER( story 2)

Story 2:

One of the reasons the painting took fours years to complete was that when da Vinci was almost finished, a friend commented on how incredibly moving the painting was---especially the silver cup on the table. “It was brilliant, beautiful!” he said.” My eyes were immediately drawn to it.” Da Vinci got so angry that he immediately painted over the cup, blotting it out. The focus of the painting was to be Jesus, not the cup. All attention had to be drawn to Him; anything that detracted from Him had to be removed.

The Application:
What is the focus of your life? We need to remove anything that before Christ or hinders us from serving Him. Christ must be the center of our lives…
See Philippians 1:21).

The Painting of the last SUPPER...

Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Fresco “The Last Supper” in a urch in Milan .Two very interesting stories are associated with is painting.

Story 1:

At the Leonardo da Vinci painted “The Last Supper”, he had an enemy who was a fellow painter. Da Vinci had a painted the face of Judas Iscariot at the table with Jesus, he used the face of his enemy so that it would be present for ages as the man who betrayed Jesus. He took delight while painting his picture in knowing that others would actually notice the face of his enemy on Judas.

As he worked on the faces of the disciples, he often tried to paint the face of Jesus, but couldn’t make any progress. Da Vinci felt frustrated and confused. In time he realized what was wrong. His hatred for the other painter was him back from finishing the face of Jesus. Only after making peace with his fellow painter and repainting the face of Judas was he able to paint the face of Jesus and complete his masterpiece.

One of the reasons we may have a hard time accepting the forgiveness of God is that we find it hard to forgive others. That’s why Jesus said “ If you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly father will also forgive you” ( Matt. 6:14,15).

The Application is this….. IF you want your relationship with Jesus to be all that it should be, forgive your enemies and do all you can to demonstrate Christ’s love to them.