Many people, especially the younger part of society, are taken up with how they look. We are bombarded with advertisements regarding make-up and the latest fashions of clothing. For some people it is their god. It is the most important thing in their life.
Now I am not saying that Christians should not take an interest in their appearance. They should, but it should not be a major part of their life. The Scriptures say very little about ‘the Christian dress code’ and even the idea of a ‘Sunday best’ is not found in them. What it does emphasise is though is how we are on the inside and Paul uses the image of someone getting dressed to bring this point home. He says ‘Put on then…’ and goes on to list various attributes we are to seek to have.
Though we are wonderfully converted we are not the finished article yet, and won’t be until we reach glory. In the mean time we need to keep putting things on, adding to our faith, becoming more and more like Christ.
The question that comes from reading this passage is surely ‘Am I more concerned about how I look than I am about my character and how I behave?’ Do we ever spend time examining our character to see what we need to ‘put on’?
Tomorrow’s reading: Colossians 4
