Aug 20, 2018
You are all children
of God through faith, for all who were baptized into Christ have clothed
yourselves with Him. Gal 3:26-27
Faith changes our
identity to Jesus and baptism changes our conformity to His likeness.
Being the oldest in my family, I only got hand-me-down
clothes from others outside the family.
But my two younger brothers were cursed with having to wear my
hand-me-downs. I’m sure they were ruined for life from that
experience! I do recall, however, a few
things that they were not ready to wait for the annual closet cleanout to start
wearing. For some reason, it was open
season on my clothes when something I had was considered cool to wear.
I vaguely remember one shirt that was given to me for
Christmas. It was stylish and had a
cowboy look to it, and I wore it the day after receiving it. But that was the last time! My brother seemed to always find it (even
after trying to hide it), and the shirt was always on him or in the
laundry. Needless to say, it was a bit
frustrating for me then, but I gave up trying to wear it because I didn’t want
to look like my brother after he had
worn it so many times! (Guess it was his
way of rebelling against hand-me-downs!)
When coming to Jesus as our Savior and Lord, He opens His
closet for us to wear His clothes! We
get to wear his Royal Robe, try on His shirt of righteousness, fit into his
pants of power, and slip into His belt of Truth. Amazing thing about Jesus’ clothes, in spite
of our differences, they form to fit! We
get the chance to wear the holiness of God in spite of our dirty souls and
deformed bodies. Jesus doesn’t mind,
because He wants us to be clothed like Him.
Yet SO MANY PEOPLE prefer to reject Christ’s clothing like
they are hand-me-downs. Those clothes
look old fashioned in today’s hip culture.
They seem a bit restrictive compared to the so-called freedom of
movement our current fads offer. They
are VERY RECOGNIZABLE, and often ridiculed by friends or associates around
us. Yes, we have access to Jesus’
closet, but don’t really care for the clothes.
Friends, isn’t it time to appreciate the blessing God has
given us! He has offered us access to
the Royal Wardrobe! Don’t waste it
because of the public opinions of your friends.
Put on the clothing that will permit us to be ushered into the throne room
of heaven! Celebrate that these clothes were given to you
and are free of defects. Put on
righteousness, truth and power – and forget those old rags of popularity,
selfishness and pride. Enjoy the
hand-me-downs, because they are help-me-ups!
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