Dress For Success

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

January 19, 2026

Dress For Success

This body that can be destroyed

must clothe itself with something that can never be destroyed.

And this body that dies

must clothe itself with something that can never die.

1 Corinthians 15:53 (NCV) 

Does God care how we are dressed?

Apparently, He does! Scripture tells us how God has clothed us.

Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires. (Romans 13:14)

 

For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes. (Galatians 3:26-27)

When we are united with God through faith in Christ Jesus, we receive spiritual garments that only God can give, and only heaven can see. This is how the prophet Isaiah expressed this truth:

I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God!

    For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation

    and draped me in a robe of righteousness. (Isaiah 61:10a)

For me, this knowledge of my spiritual garments informs me about my personal appearance. I am unstylish, and drab in dress on my stay home days. And I will never be called chic or fashionable when I am in public, but on church days I am much more conscious of my appearance as I want my physical appearance and bearing to witness to the reverence and awe I have for God, my Savior. In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul admonishes the church to examine themselves before receiving Holy Communion, lest they eat the bread or drink this cup of the Lord unworthily. In a similar way, I examine my appearance before entering the sanctuary.

My Takeaway: In a typical week, on Sunday and Wednesday, I am blessed to be in the sanctuary receiving Holy Communion. More than any other time during the week, my participation in Worship, and receiving the sacrament, enable me to stay in God’s grace for each day. On these occasions, I want my physical appearance to bear witness to my spiritual garments.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Alex M. Knight

 

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