Garments

Good gracious, this weather makes me nuts! Mid-December and it goes from cold to cool to warm to cold! I remember when I could move my fall and spring clothes to another closet. Now, I don’t bother!

What kind of garments should Christians wear? Thank goodness, Scripture doesn’t command we be fashionistas, those with a flair for current fashion trends! God’s Word has much to say about modest dress, but we won’t go there today. Consider, if you will, how Jesus clothed Himself in human flesh for the work He would do here on earth. He was swaddled at the manger and at the tomb yet as He walked among us, He donned garments of Godliness: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14). O. S. Hawkins describes Jesus’ flesh-and-bone clothing, “one of the most condescending displays of divine love to be found anywhere at any time.” How many of us would leave home without thought of our appearance? Jesus did! He under-dressed, taking on the form of a humble servant; this is the “condescension” Hawkins writes of. And how are we to be clothed? Fittingly, with garments of praise so “He might be glorified.” (Isaiah 61:3). Glory be God in the highest! Amen and Amen.