Find Your Robe

The LORD makes me very happy.    I am completely happy with my God.He dressed me in the clothes of salvation.    He put the victory coat on me.I look like a man dressed for his wedding,    like a bride covered with jewels. Isaiah 61:10 

Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could be right with God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 

God has robed us with His love and salvation. We are saved because of His grace and only need to choose to accept His love in order to be saved.

I love the Bible verses surrounds this post. They are the ones designated to the specific devotional reading for the day's passage. They are chosen to fit perfectly with the reading in the devotional book "Jesus Calling".

It's funny...just this past week my family was able to hear Pastor Keith Grey speak at our home church. This was the pastor that hubby and I met while on our mission trip to AZ. This pastor truly speaks from God. His messages are powerful. On Friday evening we heard him tell the story of Joseph and the many different coats (or robes) he wore throughout his life. Pastor Grey used the robe as a symbol of different personalities, or roles, you will have in your life. We tend to grow out of them, or not ever fit them quite perfectly. It isn't until we find the robe of righteousness from God, the life that God has planned for us to live, that we will live fully and feel comfortable in our own skin.

I love this idea. I love knowing that God has a plan and I will feel comfortable, safe and sound in it once I decide to wear God's robe that He made just for me.

You were taught to leave your old self. This means that you must stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self gets worse and worse, because people are fooled by the evil they want to do. You must be made new in your hearts and in your thinking. Be that new person who was made to be like God, truly good and pleasing to him. Ephesians 4:22-24