WEAR YOUR ROBE PROUDLY!

Have you ever thought about how much time we spend with choosing a wardrobe.  Even to go outside to paint a fence, or dig in the dirt.  Perhaps run the kids to school, or go to work.  How about what you wear to church?  I wonder sometimes what I learned growing up about that.  Seemed to me like we spent a lot of time go to church bazaars and we would come home with a basket full of clothes.  To this day I would rather go to a garage sale, or Goodwill to find a "bunch" of things, not just one.  Save money?  Of course! 

Today I was quite taken with the words from Jesus in Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young.  Wearing the robe of righteousness.  .  .
"Wear my robe of Righteousness with ease.  I custom-make it for you, to cover you from head to toe.  The price I paid for this covering was astronomical - My Own Blood.  You could never purchase such a royal garment, no matter how hard you worked.  Sometimes you forget that My righteousness is a gift, and you feel ill at ease in your regal robe.  I weep when I see you squirming under the velvety fabric, as if it were made of scratchy sackcloth.  I want you to trust Me enough to realize your privileged position in My kingdom.  Relax in the luxuriant folds of your magnificent robe.  Keep your eyes on Me, as you practice walking in this garment of salvation.  When your behavior is unfitting for one in My kingdom, do not try to throw off your royal robe.  Instead, throw off the unrighteous behavior.  Then you will be able to feel at ease in this glorious garment, enjoying the gift I fashioned for you before the foundaiton of the world.

Isaiah 61: 10   I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God.  For he has clothes 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.

So you see, we only need one real garment.  Figuratively, of course.  We do need to wear clothing so as not to embarrass ourselves.  But, and I do mean but, walk like you are wearing the Robe of Righteousness and behave as if it is the greatest garment you ever possessed.