Putting O ff and By DR. AL SANDERS
As husbands, I wonder how many men have had their wives ask them before some social function, "What should I wear?" This has been true in our home over the past nearly 25 years of wonderful married life. We want to look our best. As Vance Havner said, "To be all out for Christ, you don't need to look as if you were all in!" Did you know that the Word of God gives us the answer about what to wear? As a matter of fact, it is more up-to-date than any New York fashion designer or Parisian couturier. In Colossians 3:1 we read, "If ye, then, be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." The word "if" here actually represents a fulfilled con dition. This is already an estab- Page 10
lished fact. In Colossians 2:12 we are reminded that we are "risen with Christ through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead." Nature provides us with many wonderful and practical illustra tions. One such is the little water spider. Although it has its abode down at the bottom of the lake or river, complete safety surrounds it in a vacuum of air. While on the surface, the spider instinctively takes this bubble of upper air and anchors it to the sandy bottom where it builds its nest and takes care of its young. So, beneath the ruffled surface above, the spider has its home in tranquility, com pletely dry and protected. This is quite a picture for our lives, too. As Christians we live below in a world of turmoil. Yet, we can still
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