Costumes
Beloved, do
not put faith in every spirit… I John 4:1.
• Mask. . .
• Disguise. . .
• Facade. . .
We have to be careful not to be deceived by a person’s outwardly
appearance, or by their job description, or by their good standing in society,
or not. In other words, don’t be misled by the costumes people wear. My sister,
Charmaine, told me that everybody has on a costume.
We have to look beyond the obvious, and trust
our faith to take a look at the spirit within. Who is this person anyway? We
pay too much attention to the costume a person is wearing. I wonder how many
people have married the wrong person, and overlooked the right person by
looking at the costume they had on?
How many angels have we bypassed because
they didn’t have on the “right” costumes? How many blessings have we overlooked
because we misjudged the person carrying the miracle? People look on the
outwardly appearance, but God sees the inner man (I Samuel 16:7). One of our
daily prayers should be: Lord, please give me discernment, so I won’t be
deceived by a person’s costume. Help me not to judge people for I am not
qualified to do so.
It’s
really amusing when we view the world as having on these costumes. Yes, the
judge sitting behind the bench, the professor lecturing to students, and the banker
granting or denying loan application are respectable people. But, who are these
people without their costumes? When I retired from being a school principal, I
started thinking: What kind of costume will I wear now? Hmmm!
© 2015
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