Conspicuous

The following chunk of scripture is full of rich meat and potatoes for our souls.  I encourage you to chew on it awhile, but I want to draw your attention to two phrases for this entry.  Notice those highlighted below.  "As a bridegroom adorns . . ."  and "as a bride adorns".  

When a groom and bride dress for their wedding, in any culture, they stand out from the norm.  They are conspicuous.  Sometimes when I'm around the church building on a Saturday, I'll see a groom and his groomsmen milling around waiting for the ceremony to begin.  They are conspicuous.  Immediately I know who they are, why they're here, and what they're involved with.

To those of you my brothers whom God has saved, when He shed His blood for you and gave you salvation and righteousness, He intended those garments to be as conspicuous as wedding garments.  Are they? I love Tim Tebow (why he didn't go to Vanderbilt is beyond me, but . . .) because He is a great demonstration of living conspicuous.  Are you?  Are we?  We are supposed to be.  We can, without being obnoxious.  As Christmas approaches and a new year quickly dawns, put on your wedding clothes so all know who you are, why you're here and who you belong to. It's time for His people to live conspicuous. 

Isaiah 61:9-11 says about followers of God, "Their descendants will be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.” 10 I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,  and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations."
Posted by Tom Gray at 12/19/2011 2:00 PM
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