Power Clothed in Power

Power 

Clothed in Power

The Father promises to dress you

But you must wait

Don’t run out of the house in the morning half dressed

The Father promises to clothe you with the Holy Spirit and Power

Let Him clothe you with compassion and confidence

Don’t forget to take a second look at your schedule

Because He has set you up for some divine appointments

You will want to be properly dressed for them

Clothed in Power

From the time we are little children and

throughout our adult life clothes empower us.

Like Clark Kent the big “S”

T-shirt transforms the mind.

I love to watch the grandchildren when they

open the hope chest Nana has filled with costumes.

Little Kenzi and Amber Rain become adults in seconds

as they slip on a long formal dress or high heels.

 Four year old Emmett becomes a super

hero as he puts on a Ninja Turtle costume.

Yesterday I wore jeans and an old shirt to work

on a house, that evening I changed my clothes

to go visit our neighbor at the funeral home.

Whether it is the logo on the hat or shoes…

The bling, bling on the jewelry

or sewn into the material…

What we wear affects us.

 

You have heard the saying “dress the part”.

Or, “dress for success”.

Your clothes speak to you and to others.

What you put on says something about what you think.

Some of us have days we

don’t want to get dressed.

We don’t want the responsibility or the pressure.

We get up in the morning and put on whatever we

threw on the floor last night, before we went to bed.

Unfortunately, that is too

often the way we dress spiritually.

We don’t take the time to dress for

what the Lord has for us that day.

Many of my dress clothes have become

work clothes because I did not plan

on working on a greasy project.

We are to put on Christ every day.

Jesus told the disciples to

wait, wait to be clothed.

Don’t be the person who rushes

out the door each morning.

Get spiritually clothed.

I hear people say to me all the time, you are alive

because God must have something for you to do.

That is right…Something every day.

You want to see the power of God today

than take time to get dressed for it.

Check your schedule each morning and you will

find God has put some divine appointments in it.

Never be underdressed, you may need to

give your spiritual coat to someone in need.

 Dress the way you want to be addressed.

Being clothed with the Spirit

is not flashy and arrogant.

Although your spiritual clothing empowers you, when

the Holy Spirit clothes you, the fabric is that of a servant.

We all need help getting

dressed in the morning.

Let the Holy Spirit dress you

with compassion and confidence.

 

So put on that T-shirt with

the big “S” that says Spirit.

Remember the Father promises

to dress you if you wait.

Scripture Reading

Luke 24:49 NIV

49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised;

but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."