Robe of righteousness

My old robe is so comfortable.  I've had it for years.  Its warm and cozy, a pretty blue shade that I love to wrap around me and snuggle in.  As I read today's (actually I read yesterdays by "mistake" haha) devotion in "31 Days of Praise",  I came across the phrase from Scripture "robe of righteousness", and I felt the Lord's prompting question--"What sins and bad habits do I cling to because they are comfortable?"

Of course one of the first things that come to mind is my bad eating habits. Because even though they are making me sick, I still use food for comfort and receive pleasure from eating the things that are not good for me.  Both of these responses are temporary, but, ugh, that is a whole other topic  LOL.  Other things come to mind, like not following the Holy Spirit's promptings to do the right thing, say the right thing, not say the wrong thing...It is more comfortable to follow the crowd than risk rejection and ridicule.  More comfortable to stay in the old robe than to walk in the beautiful new one Jesus has given me.

I love when God visits with these little questions geared toward spurring me on to higher living.  And while change does not come overnight, slowly, steadily like a wave of the ocean creating a beautiful piece of sea glass that you collect from the shore, the Lord washes me, and tumbles me around (and some days it really does feel like I went through the washing machine !!) so that I become more like Jesus, more the treasure He designed me to be.  I become His masterpiece, created in Jesus for good works.

Lord, change me.  I want Jesus to be seen in me.

Is 61:10  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.  I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels.