Beautiful Covering

Galatians 3:27 says, "For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ." I love this verse! Think of when you are dressing to go somewhere very special...a wedding, a prom, whatever. One of your most important preparations is to plan what you're going to wear, prepare it (pull it out of the closet, wash, iron, dry clean, whatever), then put it on. Especially for us women, isn't putting it on exciting? (unless, of course, we find out it no longer fits or has a stain we didn't see when we put it away...) We want to look as pretty, beautiful (for some) or at least as lovely as we possibly can and our garment(s) plays a big part of that. The color, the style, the right season and other properties determine whether or not it's the right or best thing to put on and wear to the special event we'll be attending.

Well, when we clothe ourselves with Christ, it's a done deal! We don't have to worry about the accessories, they're all included! It's the PERFECT color, style, season, it FITS, NO wrinkles and is PERFECTLY flattering to who we are! In fact, clothing ourselves with Christ makes US beautiful, even if we're not the most beautiful person physically! Now THAT'S exciting! We need no makeup to cover flaws, our hair will be perfect, etc. When HE is our clothing, then WE become beautiful in correspondence to the clothing. Earthly clothing may make us APPEAR beautiful, but when we clothe ourselves with Him, He makes us beautiful, inside and out. WOW! And for those who only buy clothing that's on sale, this is the best deal you'll EVER find, as it's perfectly FREE...for US, that is. He paid a VERY costly price for this clothing and we merely accept it from His gracious, loving and generous hand.

So, next time you're trying to decide what to wear, don't forget to put on Christ! And if you love to wear fragrance, that's included, too! 2 Corinthians 2:14 says, "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place." That's the REAL 'Designer fragrance!'