A Prayer for Clothes

As we continue this month with our sermon series, may this prayer encourage us into further pursuit of Life in Full, Life in Christ.

"The Lord is king;
he is robed in majesty;
The Lord is robed;
he is girded in strength."
-Psalm 93

I know your majesty and strength only insofar as I know you, O Lord. How I long to see the benefits of your character, yet so often without the substance of your relationship. I try to put on the clothes of godliness, and yet they fall away with little effort or they drape carelessly like tattered, filthy rags. the clothes I choose--however nice, however trendy--are but vague representations of the garments you desire for me. They are incomplete and amatuer attempts to be what I am not, the gentle facade of a godliness I cannot maintain apart from the radiance and goodness of your transforming Grace.

Help me, O Lord, to know the pleasure of your strength and majesty. As I rest in your arms, I become aware that your robe covers me. It clothes my nakedness. It warms my heart. It comforts my soul. Therein lies my strength. Therein lies any glory I may claim. Therein lies the purest rest and joy. O, thank you, Living Jesus, for your loving embrace.

Longing for more of His embrace,
JON