HE HAS CLOTHED ME by T.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 18, 1899

"HE HAS CLOTHED ME."

By T.

MEN are by nature destitute of righteousness. They may have high ideals of good, but those ideals are not carried out because of the weaknesses of the flesh. How many there are who say that they would like to be rid of their bad habits, yet they are powerless to turn into the path of right! Then why not turn to the Lord and allow Him to do this work that humanity is too powerless to perform?

Hear what the Word says: "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels." Isa. 61: 10. The statement is, "He hath clothed me with . . . salvation," and "He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness."

It is our heavenly Father who hath, not who will, but who hath prepared both salvation and righteousness for us. And that which He has already prepared He is anxious to bestow upon us. Accept it from the hand of your Father. It is yours, for He "hath" prepared it for you. And that which He has prepared is perfect. So when you take it from Him, ceasing to work it out in your way, you have a perfect salvation and a perfect righteousness.