Galatians 3:27
And when you were baptized, it was as though you had put on Christ in the same way you put on new clothes.
Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version © 1991,1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.
My 97-year-old grandmother has really pretty clothes hanging in her closet. I’ve seen them, and I know my mom and my cousins helped her shop for them. But she seems to wear the same old garb much of the time – pants with paint stains, well-worn blouses and some pants she bought at a yard sale that are too short. She’s saving her “good clothes” for special occasions.
When I picked her up recently for a birthday celebration for her friend – who is 101 – she was wearing a beautiful outfit… white pants, a new purple knit shirt with a purple/blue flowered crinkle-fabric blouse as a jacket, and her purple/blue rhinestone earrings! She had on lipstick and makeup and looked like a million bucks! And everything about her was different. I had not seen her look or act this well in months! Today, she is probably wearing her old clothes again… the “good clothes” tucked away for a special occasion.
Are we like this with our Christianity? Do we put on Christ when it seems important or necessary… and then hang Him back in the closet and return to our old ways? My grandmother needs to get busy wearing her “good clothes.” And so should we. None of us knows how many hours/days/weeks/months/years we have. Saving our best for a rainy day or special occasion is ridiculous. And only “wearing” our new life in Christ when we feel like it or want to “dress up” is just as silly.
Put on your new “armor of the Lord”… wear your very best “Christ outfit” each and every day. Let everyone see the best you possible… the person Christ has called you to become… and shine in His glory for all to see. The “rainy day” is NOW…the time to change and be a new creature has come. What will you wear today?
©2010 Debbie Robus
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