Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering...
~Colossians 3:12
It's a truth that the more time we spend in relationship with God the more the attributes of God become our attributes. The more time we spend with the personification of love the more loving we become. As we are transformed from the people we were to the new creation we have been made we become kind, merciful, humble, meek, patient, etc.
But while the fruits of the spirit and the attributes of our loving Heavenly Father eventually become who we are, our old attributes are still there vying for control because we have not yet reached the perfection of the new creation. It takes more than just relaxing and being. Living as we are called to live is a daily choice to deny the old self and walk according to the ways and will of God. We are to put on the attributes of the Father, to clothe ourselves in Him and His ways. When we arise we get dressed to go out and face the world. We need to get dressed for the day spiritually as much as physically. We can't rely on what we wore yesterday to cover us today, and we should be just as abashed to go out in our old spiritual skin without the clothing of the Spirit as we would be to show up to work in our birthday suits. Let's remember to get dressed every morning.
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