The Royal Robe

Today I FINALLY bought a robe. I wanted to buy it a long time ago, but I always thought that it was not worth it. So finally today I decided to make the investment, into something that was so foreign to me. But let me tell! I put it on and by the time I got to the shower, I felt so comfortably warm in this new, soft and what happened to be amazingly comfortable investment that I didn’t want to take it off and take the shower!
I always thought that the towel was good enough, just put it on for couple minutes before and after shower and quickly dry out and change. It seemed that the robe was not a necessity. And it wasn’t, but how much easier it is to put something dry on in the shower, walk to your room and relax, without being in a rush to change, because the towel was wet and cold!

And it made me think of today’s world and Christianity. Many times people refuse to accept Christ Jesus as their Savior, because they feel ‘good enough’ in the position in which they are now. And they are right. They have food, clothes, parents, friends, maybe a car, maybe few cars, and all of their material and physical needs for the day are met. In a world like that it is hard to rely on something that is Greater than ourselves. We are getting along just fine. But, if we only knew that Jesus could make our lives easier and even more royal and comfortable, we would probably all want to make the investment. But the thing, just like with my robe, is about making the investment that you think might be good, but you are not sure until you have it. What this means, is that the decision to accept Christ as our Savior is not easy, because it is an extraordinary one and not from this world, but from eternity- something familiar to our spirits, but not necessary familiar to our physical being.

Let me tell you something else. When I bought this robe on, and put it one, it covered everything! More than a towel would. You could not tell what was under the robe. The robe covered all over me. I looked different. And so it is with Christ. As I recall my investment in Christ, I recall the fact that His blood covered all over me! It covered, my past, my sins, my hurts, my sadness, and my scars. It covered my nakedness as Ezekiel 16 talks about (which you all should read!). This chapter describes the humanity in which we all find ourselves in, and the great Love of God for us, even in times when we think that we are the ugliest or the most horrible persons in the world. Because the person in this story chosen to represent each one of us (that’s right- each one of us) is a prostitute- unfaithful, full of sin, dirt, shame, hurt and lonely human being. Things we can relate to at some point in our lives. It is human nature. And God comes down to this nature that rejected His goodness and offers a hand. Verse 5 says that no one looked on us with pity or compassion, to help us, but only God had enough love to come and make us royal. Look at this: v 6-7, says that God passed by and saw us kicking in our blood; he stopped and gave us the ability to ‘live’ and He made us “grow like a plant in the field.” Then it says we became: “The most beautiful of all jewels!” And the story continues:
V. 8 “Then I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and YOU BECAME MINE.”


So when you make a decision to invest all of your mind, heart, body and soul in Christ Jesus- the Only Begotten for you, Son of God, He will automatically cover all over your past, which means that you will be made new (become a new creation- like Paul says it). You will look different to Him, to yourself, to others; you will act differently, you will speak differently; you life will be changed for the highest degree of BEST you can ever think of! Investment will pay off, but you will have to daily, put the robe back on. It will protect you from the Satan and His lies, and as it makes you at peace, it will also lead you to new things in your life that are in store for you. But, put it on everyday! Your robe is: The Word of God, and your conversation/prayer with Him. Wake up in the morning and tell God that you are His and ask Him to be with you throughout the day. If, you won’t, what will happen is, just like my friend said it: the Devil sits on your bed and will try to grab you and your life in that one instant, when you forget to put your robe on.

This is God’s promise for you and for me: “I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you. I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put leather sandals on you. I dressed you in fine linen and COVERED you with costly garments. I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms, and necklace around your neck, and I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. […] you became very beautiful and rose to be a queen. And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign LORD.” Ezekiel 16:9-14

As the story continues there is a warning. From verse 15 on, it says that we didn’t adore God for all of His goodness, but rather we trusted in our own beauty. You see I cannot adore my robe, but I can adore the One who provided it for me and created it- God and God only. If I adore my physical cheap robe from WallMart, I will be back down in my blood, just like in the story. I want to tell you that if you’ve fallen into this temptation of adoring your own beauty, there is hope. From verse 59-63 you can read about it. There are some consequences He talks about, but He also mentions a very important word “atonement” (63). Atonement, of Christ Jesus on the cross, where He gave His life on the cross for you, so that His blood could wash over you forever, and rose up again, so that you can not be nailed down by your shame anymore! PRAISE THE LORD.

Now it is your turn to claim it. I got my royal robe on which covers over me; Royal robe that considered not a necessity by this world and yet brings me the fullness of life through: joy, love, happiness, thanksgiving and grace. Have you claimed that yet?