Calling Dress Code

Calling

Dress Code

What you and I are to wear to work for God

Is not found in the Clothing Department but it is found in Colossians, Chapter 3

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved,

clothe yourselves with

compassion,

kindness,

humility,

gentleness

and patience.

Bear with each other

and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.

Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

And over all these virtues put on love,

which binds them all together in perfect unity.

So what does that look like?

Is this the way people see you?

Dress Code

If you have lived through the last 40

years, you have seen some changes.

It used to be you wore your best on Sunday.

For decades people believed

they should give God their best.

Dressing in their best clothes

 was a big part of giving your best.

I went through the changes…

 I used to wear a suit to church then

a sport jacket, dress pants and a tie.

As time went on…

 I stopped wearing the tie.

Now I wear dress pants, dress shirt or

sport shirt and still wear the sport jacket.

(The sport jacket comes in handy when

the AC is blowing cold in the service.)

Maybe I am still old fashion…

 As today people come in shorts,

 jeans with holes and very casual attire.

“Respect” motivated the way

we dressed 40 years ago.

Today we are motivated by “Rest”.

Entering into God’s Rest, being

relaxed in the presence of the Lord.

Come as you are…

 God receives sinners.

It is the soul God cares about

not the ‘how you dress’.

It would seem there is not a

dress code for coming to church.

I do think most churches and Christians

 would hold to a dress code of modesty.

 

No matter how we dress…

 “Respect” and “Rest”

Are valid parts of the Christian life.

So what about our Calling…

 Is there a dress code?

Depending on where you work

 Or have worked…

 How you dressed for work

was probably an issue.

 Dressing as God’s chosen people is also an issue.

What you and I are to wear to work for God

is not found in the Clothing Department…

 But it is found in Colossians, Chapter 3.

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved,

clothe yourselves with

compassion,

kindness,

humility,

gentleness

and patience.

Bear with each other

and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.

Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

And over all these virtues put on love,

which binds them all together in perfect unity.

So what does that look like?

Is this the way people see you?

Ladies, you know what I am talking about.

Stand in front of a full length mirror.

Look at yourself from the top of

your head to the soles of your feet.

Does everything match?

Is everything on straight?

Are all the tags in the back and not seen?

 Why a mirror…

 Because a mirror is the way

others and God sees us.

What brings everything we put on together…

 Is “Love”.

And Love is expressed in…

  

compassion, kindness, humility,

gentleness patience, and forgiveness

 Most of us look in the mirror

before we go out in public.

But what if we were to look in the mirror at the

end of the day to see if we looked as good

when we came home as we did when we left.

There you have it.

You put on anything else…

 You will expose things you

don’t want people or God to see.

So check your clothes regularly.

Because your Calling has a strict dress code.

Scripture Reading

Colossians 3:12-14 NIV

12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.