Clothe Yourself with Christ.

Colossians 3:12
12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

As humans, we're so set on our daily routine. Sure, sometimes when we follow a different routine during a given day, we may forget to make our sandwich for lunch or grab our cell phone off the counter. However, there are some things we just don't ever forget to do, such as getting dressed or putting our shoes on. You may have dreamed something like this did happen, but chances are, you've never forgotten to get dressed!

Much like it's not usual for us to get dressed everyday, Paul wants us to be naturally dressed everyday with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, and love (essentially, wear the fruits of the spirit...see Galatians 5:22-23) as well. Since we're Christians, if we're not dressed with these items, then we're naked.

Do you remember when Adam and Eve realized that they were naked back in the book of Genesis? They were embarrassed and they couldn't stand before the grace of God. We stand before God everyday in everything that we do. The last thing we should do is show a lack of compassion, kindness, and humility. This way, there's no reason to be ashamed.

Which of the aforementioned characteristics do you need to add any extra layers to in your daily attire? Make a list of all the characteristics and rank them based on how much work needs to be done on each. Finally, pray about your list!