Have you ever had that morning where you got into your closet and you thought to yourself, “I have nothing to wear”? Or have you ever had that special event to attend and you thought to yourself “but what do I wear”? It can be easy to put so much emphasis on our outward appearance and the ways of this world encourage such an outlook. But let us remember that we are not here to live according to the ways of the world. You are beautiful just the way God made you! God created you and He loves you perfectly as you are! If Jesus is living in you, then you are perfectly beautiful on the inside because Jesus is living in your inner being! Jesus loves others through you and He shares His truth and love with everyone around you! In our Savior Jesus, we have been called to a blessed and eternal life in Him and we are called to live our lives in a manner that glorifies God! We must keep our focus on our Savior Jesus, and we must be careful to live according to the Word of God, keeping His commands! Praise God for we have everything we need to do so in our Savior Jesus! We must also remember that in our Savior Jesus we are looking forward to an eternal future in heaven with Him! This is not our home, we have an eternal home in heaven with our Savior! If Jesus is living in us, then we are already perfectly clothed in Him!
Earlier this month, we were encouraged with the reminder that when we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, then we become children of God and God’s Holy Spirit lives in our inner being! As children of God we have been clothed with Christ! As Galatians 3:26-27 says “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. (NIV) As children of God, we are clothed with our Savior Jesus and Jesus lives in our inner being! Galatians 2:20 says “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (NIV) As children of God we have Jesus living in our inner being! Through Jesus, we have died to sin and we are alive to God in Christ Jesus! (Romans 6:11) Jesus is our life and when He appears we will appear with Him in glory! (Colossians 3:4) Now, since we have been blessed with God’s grace and faith in His Son, who has saved us from our sins, we are called to live a life that glorifies God. We have our Savior Jesus living in us and our old self is gone! We are alive in Christ Jesus and we are clothed in Christ Jesus! We have everything we need to glorify God with our Savior Jesus living in us! (Ephesians 1:3)
Now we know that as children of God we are clothed in our Savior Jesus! We have Jesus living in our inner being and we are alive in Christ who is our life! Praise God for His perfect love and His endless grace! We have been called to a holy life in our Savior Jesus! 1 Peter 1:15-16 says “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” (NIV) Remember, we have everything that we need to live a life that glorifies God with our Savior Jesus living in us. (Ephesians 1:3) And remember, it is God who works in us to do His will! (Philippians 2:13) So do not get discouraged, God is faithful even when we are not! We do have a sinful nature but, as children of God, we have been set free from sin and death, in our Savior Jesus, and we have the Holy Spirit living in our inner being! Romans 8:1 says “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. (NIV) We are sinful and we deserve punishment and death because of our sin, but God in His grace has blessed us with our faith in His Son and the Holy Spirit now lives in our inner being! We have been blessed with eternal life in our Savior Jesus and in Him we have been set free from sin and death for all of eternity! Since we have been blessed with God’s perfect free gift of Salvation in His Son, let us do our best to live our lives in a manner that is worthy of this blessed calling that we have received! We are alive in Christ Jesus and His Spirit is living in our inner being! As Galatians 5:25 says “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. (NIV)
We are clothed with our Savior Jesus and He is living in our inner being, we have everything that we need for all of eternity! Let us not worry about what we are to wear for life is more than that and we are perfectly clothed in our Savior! 1 Timothy 2:9-10 says “I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. (NIV) As we read in 1 Timothy, we are instructed to adorn ourselves with good deeds and godly virtues that are appropriate for those who belong to Christ! We are to always conduct ourselves in a manner that glorifies God! So do not put so much emphasis on what clothes to wear! Think about the way we are to adorn ourselves in the Lord and keep in step with the Holy Spirit who is living in us! Let me also encourage you with the words of Proverbs 31:30 that say “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. (NIV) You are absolutely beautiful the way that God made you! You are beautiful on the inside because you have your Savior Jesus living in you! Let that beauty shine from within and share Jesus and His love with all those around you! Be faithful in living to glorify God and praise Him for this blessed life to which He has called you, this blessed eternal life in Jesus!
Go forth from here being encouraged with the fact that, as a child of God, you are clothed with your Savior Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit is living in your inner being! You have everything that you need for all of eternity in your Savior Jesus! You have been set free from sin and death and all of your past, present and future sins are eternally forgiven in Jesus! You have been reconciled to God by the blood of His Son who gave Himself for you! Go forth adorning yourself with good deeds and godly virtues that are appropriate for women and men who belong to Christ! Keep in step with the Holy Spirit who lives in you! Make every effort to live a life that glorifies God in every way and remember, God is faithful even when you are not and it is God Himself who works in you to do His will! (Philippians 2:13) Praise God that He is faithful even when we are not and praise God that all of the good in us is Christ in us! Praise God for our redemption in Christ Jesus and the perfect eternal blessings to which God has called us in His grace! We are looking forward to an eternal future in heaven with our Savior Jesus! Be confident in the Lord knowing that He loves you perfectly as you are and you are truly beautiful in Him! As Isaiah 61:10 says “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 his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. (NIV)
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