Are you dressed?
I don't mean if you've changed from night clothes to day clothes, but are you dressed in God's apparel?
What is God's apparel?
The Bible often uses figurative speech, like we see in today's headline; God clothes us with His garments of salvation and His robe of righteousness.
"I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels" (Isaiah 61:10).Garments are used to cover us, like Ruth said to Boaz in Rut 3:9: "'Who are you?' he asked. 'I am your servant Ruth,' she said. 'Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer.'"
The redeemer was supposed to cover the one he should redeem. And Jesus redeemed us: "... who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good" (Titus 2:14). Salvation is likened to a garment, it covers. Remember after Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden? They were naked up to that point, and didn't even notice it, because they lived in perfect harmony and in the presence of God. But after they sinned, they became aware of their nakedness, and God clothed them with a fur coat. God redeemed them from their nakedness. In the same way I see God's garments of salvation. He clothes us with His own garments in stead of our own, sinful clothing.
What is the robe of righteousness? Abraham is our example of faith and righteousness. It says about him that "And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, and he was called God's friend" (Jacob 2,23). We know that Abraham's faith walk was extraordinary. You can read about it in Genesis. But what made him righteous in God's sight, was that he believed God, and did what He said. That's what I believe being clothed in a robe of righteousness means, to listen to God, believe it in your heart and doing it.
So my question to you today still stands: Are you dressed? Are you clothed in God's apparel?
If you are, go in peace and rejoice in the Lord. If you're not, God is more than willing to clothe you and dress you up in His finest apparel. All you need to do is ask Him.
I don't mean if you've changed from night clothes to day clothes, but are you dressed in God's apparel?
What is God's apparel?
The Bible often uses figurative speech, like we see in today's headline; God clothes us with His garments of salvation and His robe of righteousness.
"I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels" (Isaiah 61:10).Garments are used to cover us, like Ruth said to Boaz in Rut 3:9: "'Who are you?' he asked. 'I am your servant Ruth,' she said. 'Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer.'"
The redeemer was supposed to cover the one he should redeem. And Jesus redeemed us: "... who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good" (Titus 2:14). Salvation is likened to a garment, it covers. Remember after Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden? They were naked up to that point, and didn't even notice it, because they lived in perfect harmony and in the presence of God. But after they sinned, they became aware of their nakedness, and God clothed them with a fur coat. God redeemed them from their nakedness. In the same way I see God's garments of salvation. He clothes us with His own garments in stead of our own, sinful clothing.
What is the robe of righteousness? Abraham is our example of faith and righteousness. It says about him that "And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, and he was called God's friend" (Jacob 2,23). We know that Abraham's faith walk was extraordinary. You can read about it in Genesis. But what made him righteous in God's sight, was that he believed God, and did what He said. That's what I believe being clothed in a robe of righteousness means, to listen to God, believe it in your heart and doing it.
So my question to you today still stands: Are you dressed? Are you clothed in God's apparel?
If you are, go in peace and rejoice in the Lord. If you're not, God is more than willing to clothe you and dress you up in His finest apparel. All you need to do is ask Him.
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