What is in Your Wardrobe?

Welcome to today's episode of Reflective Hour. I'm Tammy Toney-Butler, your Host and Healing Evangelist. But we all know who the host of this show is, and that's Christ by way of his Holy Spirit, the spirit of truth, the spirit of God that lives within us, that dwells in us and guides us and strengthens us. and carries us through these troubling times. Oh, Holy Spirit, come have your way in this time that we have together. May they see you and not me. Hear you and not me, oh God. Oh, oh Lord Jesus, may they see you and may they know that you dwell within them, making them fresh and new. In the mighty name of Jesus, I pray. Amen. So I ask you this question today. What is in your wardrobe? What is in your wardrobe? And remember a wardrobe. The meaning of wardrobe is that a wardrobe is something it's a freestanding piece of furniture for storing clothes or a collection of a person's or group's clothes. So that is the literal definition of a wardrobe. But I ask you, what clothes make up your wardrobe? What are you wearing as a follower of Christ? As a believer, as someone who's letting the Lord Jesus guide you and strengthen you and guard you and be your armor bearer. Be your armor.

Be your armor.

So I ask you, what clothes are you wearing? What's in your wardrobe? What's important for us as Christians to have as clothing? What should we adorn ourselves with as we mirror Christ to a dark world? As we represent the light, what are we to wear? What are we to do?

Well, let's look for the answer in scripture. When we go to Romans 13 and we look at Romans 13, we start at around 11. Actually, I'm going to start um with 8. And the section is called love, for the day is near. Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another. For he who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the law. The commandments do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet, and whatever other commandment there may be are summed up in this one rule. Love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law. And do this understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber. Because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over. The day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. We're to put on the armor of light. So we are to wear the armor of God. We're to wear the armor of light of Jesus. And then it goes on, let us behave decently as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. So, we're to clothe ourselves with Christ. And when we look at the commentary about that, and I'm reading out of the uh Life Application Study Bible, the New International Version, and I just want to read a little bit of the commentary because I just I just like what it says. It says, "The night refers to the present evil time. The day refers to the time of Christ's return. Some people are surprised that Paul lists dissension and jealousy with the gross and obvious sins of orgies, drunkenness, and sexual immorality. Like Jesus in his sermon on the mount, Matthew 5:7, Paul considers attitudes as important as actions. What attitude do you clothe yourself with every day when you go out to represent Jesus to the world? What's your heart posture? What is your attire that day? What are you dressed with? Are you dressed with kindness and meekness and love and patience and joy and peace? Of course, love. Are you wearing that type of clothing? Garments of praise instead of heaviness.

What are you wearing? What's in your wardrobe? Paul considers attitudes as important as actions. Just as hatred leads to murder, so jealousy leads to tr strife and lust to adultery. When Christ returns, he wants to find his people clean on the inside as well as on the outside. Remember that circumcision that was talked about? There's an internal circumcision, a cleansing of the inside of us to where we mirror Christ in action and deed, where we're truly like little Jesus is walking around because we are the body of Christ. Now, the commentary goes on to say, how do we clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ? First, we identify with Christ by being baptized. Galatians 3:27. This shows our solidarity with other Christians and with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Second, we exemplify the qualities Jesus showed while he was here on earth. Love, humility, truth, and service. Remember Jesus washed feet. Jesus washed feet. Is part of your wardrobe a servant's garment?

Are you dressing yourself with Christ? In a sense, we roleplay what Jesus would do in our situation. See Ephesians 4:24:32 and Colossians 3:10-17. We also must not give our desires any opportunity to lead us into sin. Avoid those situations that open the door to gratifying sinful desires. And I was reading um again out of the Life Application Study Bible, the New International Version. But I also want to read out of the Complete Jewish Bible. Uh again, Romans 13, but I'm going to start with 11. Besides all of this, you know, at what point of history we stand. So it is high time for you to rouse yourselves from sleep. For the final deliverance is nearer than when we first came to trust or came to faith. The night is almost over. The day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and arm ourselves with the weapons of light. Let us live properly as people do in the daytime. Not partying and getting drunk, not engaging in sexual immorality and other excesses, not quarreling or being jealous. Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Yeshua, the Messiah. And don't waste your time thinking about how to provide for the sinful desires of your old nature. Because remember, the old is gone and the new is here. So when you go to get dressed in the morning, is praise a part of your wardrobe? Is gratitude?

Humility, kindness? Do you have a servant's heart? Do you start by saying, "Jesus, how do I show you to a world today?

How do I speak your truth? How do I make sure

I show you off to the world? That my life mirrors yours, Jesus. That I walk the way you walk. that I talk the way you talked, that I speak your truth in love always, not judging, not condemning, but being the savior. You came as a great physician for the lost, the dying, the hurting. You came for those that knew they needed a savior. that they were sick and needed a healer.

You came for those that so needed you and you dressed yourself with such humility and love and you were the light of the world and you are the light of the world. So I ask you this day as you get dressed, as you go out, what's in your wardrobe? What will you pick up today in adorn? Will you put on Christ, all of his qualities? Will you wear his truth, his light, or will you bring darkness into any room you enter?

You must be the light in a dark world. You must watch and guard what's in your wardrobe.

what's in your wardrobe and make sure that we're putting on Christ, wearing garments of praise, strengthening and edifying and building up others with our words, using words that build instead of destroy.

Let our words be construction sites and not demolition sites.

And let us when we walk into a room, let others see Jesus and know Jesus. And they want what we're carrying. They want to know more. They gravitate towards it. Because we're wearing Jesus. Let us wear Jesus. And that's today's episode of Reflective Hour with Tammy Tony Butler. Remember to like and subscribe. Remember to check out our other YouTube channel at Reflective Spaces Ministry.

Maybe go back and watch the episode about what furniture is in your house. So many little nuggets of wisdom. Let's learn and glean from each other's fields and grow stronger together so that we all choose the right wardrobe.

So that we all choose and wear the right wardrobe. Glory be to Jesus. Glory be to Jesus. Glory be to Jesus. Go today and prosper. Grow stronger in him. Wear him in his marvelous light, knowing he's always with you. You'll never be forsaken or left behind when you have Jesus. Thank you, Abba Father. Thank you, Father, for sending your son to die on the cross so we could have eternal life. And thank you Jesus for your yes. Thank you Jesus for setting us free. Thank you. God bless you and keep you and his light shine upon you this day and every day.