Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 354
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Alan Jackson singing … Just As I Am … poignantly singing of how we come to Christ just as we are, clothed in sin; and we come away clothed in His robes of righteousness.
Highlight Passage: Zechariah 3:4 [ESV] ...
4 And the Angel said to those who were standing before Him, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him He said, “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.”
… God offers to let us wear His vestments of glory to cover our rags of sin.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Zechariah 3:1-7 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul shows fellow Christians how, by dying on the cross, Jesus demonstrated God’s love clearer than any other act in His life on earth.
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Reference Passage: … Luke 9:23 [ESV] …
23 And He said to all, “If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
… Jesus clearly states to His followers what it takes to be His disciple and that is to renounce selfish desires and surrender - in love - to follow the Lord.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:16-17 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… As surrendered Christians we now can put on the newness of Christlikeness in our lives.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:12-14 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… As Christ’s disciples we get to choose what we wear … our rags of sin or His robes of righteousness.
Reference Passage: … 1John 1: 7-9 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… If we live as repentant/confessed Christians, we are made clean from our sinful self and made new in Christ.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Mike Wittmer, AT THIS LINK tells of the Argentine women’s basketball team in a recent Pan-Am games which had to forfeit a game with Colombia because they had the wrong color uniforms.
The ODB author uses this story to illustrate how we, as Christians, get to choose which uniforms we wear in this life. As Alan Jackson sings in the linked song, we come to Jesus dressed just as we are, … wearing our rags of sin; … but when we’re willing - in faith - to put off those uniforms of humanity, … filthy with sin, … we can choose to wear Christ’s robes of righteousness which He’s willing to let us wear (see photo) … FOREVER.
My friend … Which uniform have you chosen to wear today, tomorrow, and forever?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for letting me wear Your robes to cover my rags.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me today, to put on our Savior’s robes. … Amen
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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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