Daily Word

Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealously. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. Romans 13:13-14. Paul’s warning against a sinful life-style strikingly includes not only the traditional sins of the flesh (“orgies and drunkenness…sexual immorality and sensuality”) but also insidious vises that can be harbored or even paraded in the heart of the church. Paul’s exhortation can be summed up in the call to put on...Christ. The metaphor of putting on clothing implies not just imitating Christ’s character but also living in close personal fellowship with Him. Even though believers have a new life, they still must constantly renounce the flesh and refuse to gratify desires. How much more of the “putting on of Christ” could you apply each day if you were to remove the layers of compromise you’ve allowed yourself to be clothed in instead?