As we take fashion tips from the closet of Mrs. Proverbs 31 today, we will uncover what makes even her fashion rare.As we step into her closet we see...
(Proverbs 31:21-22) "She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She makes coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple."
Fashion tip #1: Worry lines are unbecoming, but Christ is the beauty solution!
Mrs.P31 is not a woman of worries and fears and anxieties. Verse 21 teaches us why...'for her household is clothed with scarlet'. In the Old Testament, references to the scarlet cord pointed to the One who's blood would one day purify them...our own Savior, Jesus (see Hebrews 9:19-20). It reminds me of Rahab's cord of salvation (Joshua 2:18) being such a beautiful picture of our own cord of salvation...the saving scarlet blood of Jesus.
Hundreds of years before her Messiah's feet landed on the sod of earth, Mrs. P31 trusted Him to clothe her household, thus keeping her from worries concerning their future (mortal and eternal). Are you and I living out an example of a woman who trusts her Savior? Are we commiting ourselves to prayer for our husbands, our children, their futures? Is He the ever-present cloak of scarlet surrounding your home? Are you and I living with an awareness of his presence in our homes and lives?
Fashion Tip #2: Dress like the temple you are!
The Amplified Bible gave this elaboration of verse 22 "Her clothing is of linen, pure and fine and of purple (such as that of which the clothing of the priests, the hallowed cloths of the temple were made.)" Did you catch that? She was dressed in clothes like that of priests, like that used in the very temple of God!
Nothing could be more appropriate...check out 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, dear child of God, "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body." You and I, as believers in Jesus Christ, the One True God, are indwelt by His very Spirit and thus we ARE the temple of the Living God! Are you and I 'dressing' as such?
Check out 1 Peter 3:3-4 and 1 Timothy 2:9! Outwardly, are we to be modest and discrete in our clothing. Inwardly we are to have a gentle, quiet spirit...a spirit that is at peace with her God.
Are you and I caring for the temple of God as if we KNOW our bodies really are His temple? Ouch! If I could keep this truth before me, I would exercise with more regularity. I would be more purposeful with what I eat and drink (less sugar, caffeine, junk food). What will you do differently?
Mrs. P31's clothing is rare because she dresses with the security of who she is...as a daughter who can trust her Heavenly Father and as a temple of her Living God. You and I can choose to daily dress like her by choosing by the power of the Spirit to trust our faithful God and to choose to live like the temple we are! What will you wear today?
