Daily Fountain 2017 - The Believer's Attire

Tuesday September 5

Bible Reading:     Col. 3: 12 - 17

Topic:                  The Believer's Attire

Clothes have different uses:

i.        to adorn ourselves

ii.       to cover our nakedness

iii.      to safeguard us from the rays of the sun

iv.      to depict our culture

e.t.c.

Today's passage gives a list of what every believer should put on as his daily attire.

Such attire will shield us from the onslaughts of the enemy and show forth the Christ-like culture or way of life all around us.

What then does the Bible expect us to put on as believers?

We are expected to be tender hearted, merciful, kind, humble, honest, gentle, long suffering, loving, forgiving, peaceful, disciplined in speech and character, versed in the knowledge of God, full of praise and thanksgiving to God for His mercies and faithful in our homes, churches and workplaces.

These qualities will show that we are truly the children of God.

Do you have the believer's attire?

Are you clothed in them?

Remember, it is not about what we do but Whose we are.

However, failure to live out this new life can mean that we do not truly belong to Christ, even if we have been involved in ministry and done miracles and accomplished great things (Matt. 7: 21 - 23; Luke 13: 27)

Be in Christ and put on the Christ-like nature daily to radiate His Glory

Prayer

Lord, help me to put on the believer's attire every day of my life in Jesus Name, Amen.

Memory Verse             Col. 3: 12

"Put on therefore as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness and longsuffering."

Source:     The Daily Fountain 2017
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)