Daily reading: Zephaniah Chapter 1 thru Chapter 3

Key Verse: Zephaniah 1:8

I remember when Dickies (pants and work jumpsuits) and t-shirts became the trendy clothes among our nation's youth.  This trend was birthed in the inner city because they could not afford any of the other trendy clothes.  Dickies were cheap and they had a variety of colors.  All of a sudden everybody had on some Dickies and a t-shirt.  Children from the suburbs, Hollywood, entertainers, and others from all walks of life began to look like these inner city kids.  I imagine at some point there was a parent who looked at their child and realized that they looked like somebody else's child.  This was God's reaction when He saw His children "wearing pagan clothes."  God's people desired to worship foriegn gods and adopt foriegn ways.  Any time children of God adopt pagan culture it is in direct opposition to God and His ways.  Who's clothes do you have on?  We are to clothe ourselves in the righteousness of Christ.  We are to put on garments of praise and always wear the full armor of God.  Does God recognize you when He sees you?  Do you look like somebody else's child?  Be an example to everyone around you that you only wear God's gear.  May God richly bless you.