Here is an interesting fact about me: I don’t like clothes shopping. For some odd reason, I don’t like shopping around for clothes. Then I found out about a company that would send clothes to you to try on and would keep what you want to keep and send back what you want to send back. This company is called Stitch Fix. It truly is a blessing for sure because you are not forced to purchase anything if you don’t want to buy anything and it is not a subscription service. That company is successful because people have the same issues. While I am discussing about physical clothing, we wear spiritual clothing. We ought to be clothed with the grace and love of God.
In today’s passage, Paul writes to the church in Colassae about how we ourselves must clothe ourselves with different characteristics: mercy, kindness, humility, patience, gentleness. He mentions that we must wear love. Love is something that we, as a society, are lacking every day because of what we see and hear through our television screens and our phones. Matthew 5:16 says to let our lights shine before others in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. In other words, we need to let others see Jesus through our words and our actions. I want to challenge you to put on the characteristics that will resemble Christ. Much like how we put on the armor of God everyday, we need to wear these traits everyday.
Colossians 3:12-17 (NLT Translation)
“12. Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13. Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. 15. And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. 16. Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. 17. And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.”