Solomon tells us that “a happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing” (Proverbs 17:22, AMP ). God undoubtedly has a sense of humor; we need only look at some of the animals He created (it’s hard not to smile at the sight of a hippo, a monkey, or a puppy). Or think of some of the married couples you know: don’t you think God was smiling at the wedding as He looked ahead to the interaction of the wildly different personalities that will be living together?
In Breaking the Power of Inferiority, Pastor Gregory Dickow makes the point that we are clothed in righteousness, quoting Isaiah 61:10:
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.
That got me wondering about other passages that say we are clothed by God:
- May your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation (2 Chronicles 6:41)
- You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy (Psalm 30:11)
- I [God] will clothe her priests with salvation (Psalm 132:16)
- bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes… and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. (Isaiah 61:3)
- you have been clothed with power from on high {Luke 24:49)
We are also told to put on or clothe ourselves:
- put on the armor of light… clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 13:12, 14)
- for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ (Galatians 3:27)
- put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:24)
- put on the full armor of God… Therefore put on the full armor of God (Ephesians 6:11, 13)
- put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator… as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience…. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. (Colossians 3:10, 12, 14)
- clothe yourselves with humility toward one another (1 Peter 5:5)
So, what are you wearing?
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