God's Wardrobe

Painters, doctors, and ice cream truck drivers wear white. Brides wear white. Many nurses wear white. Even I wear white occaisionally in the summer.

So does God.

God doesn't really wear clothes, but when this metaphor is used in the Bible the color for His clothing is always said to be brilliant white, white as snow, white as the light, or dazzling white. In one passage Jesus' clothes are described as "whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them."

That's pretty white... better than my mom with her box of Tide could do!

Now the idea of whiteness here is that God's character is pure, spotless, and unblemished. God never messes up. God does not err or sin. God does not have any stains or blotches on his character. God is perfect.

We need to ponder this, especially as a contrast to our own spotted and blemished lives. We mess up every day. We say and do things we regret later. We sin. We stumble. When it comes to moral character God is Lance Armstrong and we are a bunch of knuckleheads on cheap bikes.

We are called to grow and become more like God. We are supposed to be wearing cleaner and cleaner clothes as we progress in the faith. In what ways do you need to be more pure and more like God this week?

Scripture references to look up: Daniel 7.9, Matthew 17.2, Mark 9, John 20.12, Acts 1.10, Acts 22.