Hush Puppies in the Closet

Yesterday we hit on food, and today we are going after the clothes! God is challenging us to take a closer look at our emotional attachments.

Luke 12:22-23 says, Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes."

There are days I throw my hands up in the air as the tears of pity stream down my eyes and words of complaint stream from my mouth. I am certain that I am not the only one that encounters bad hair days or days that "I have nothing to wear". Days that one stands in front of the closet emptying its contents one by one on the bed after trying them on to find that nothing looks good, doesn't fit right, makes you look fat, or is too out dated.

Do you ever give thought as to why we do that? Why is it that we get so wrapped up in worrying about what to wear? Does our outward appearance really grant an hours worth of closet searching and a box of Kleenex? I think Jesus is on to something here as he instructs us, his disciples, not to worry about what we will wear!

So much time is wasted at the malls while we search for just the right outfit that for today will satisfy our mirror image and make us feel good about ourselves or look good to someone else. And let's not neglect the perfect pair of shoes and accessories to match. Do closet floors lined with matching shoes really cause Jesus to scream out to all around that you are an anointed woman of God?

So much wasted money spent (or charged!) at the malls as we try to fit into not only the perfect dress size but sometimes into an image that doesn't even exist. We have been made in the image of Christ, yet we try to dress in the image of the world trying to gather the approval of those around us. Sometimes we try to hide our "must haves" and unnecessary"bargains" behind the dark dungeons of our closet doors. Try as you may to keep those Hush Puppies quiet, but the truth is that when you open the closet door, the light shines in. Everything hidden in darkness will be exposed by the light!

God wants to expose the areas that we have emotional attachments to "things" instead of him. "Things" can be idols, "things" can cause us to lose our focus and our need for Him. When we take care of meeting our own provision, we miss the blessing and ability to see God's faithful hand of provision. We need to trust that God will truly provide us with all that we have need of and that in Him we lack not one good thing! Walk in the image in which you have been created and you will look good and feel good all the time!