Dress Up For God

Does God view you more or less when you come to him dressed your best?

I wonder what God would think if we put on our most expensive, least wrinkled, nicest piece of clothing we owned and told him it was for him, I wonder if he would look at us any different than if we came to him dirty and naked.

How do you think God sees you? I have often wondered why we dress up in our “nice” clothes to attend a typical Sunday morning “Church” service in a typical “Church” building. And when I have questioned different friends about this the most popular answer is, “You should want to look your best for God. You’re going into his house, and should want to look your best for him.” Seriously? I mean if you don’t really think about it that does sound like a good reason. But does God seriously scan through everyone sitting in “Church” on Sunday morning and say, “Ooh, John is wearing my favorite suit! I love the way it looks on him! And for that, I will give him the new shiny crown that the angels just finished polishing.” God looks through our clothing, through our skin, and straight to our heart.

If you went to Church one Sunday and you knew that nobody was going to be there, just you all by yourself (and God, of course) what would you wear? Would you put layers of clothes on to “look good for God” or would you come naked? After all he sees you naked anyways.

Sometimes we act as though the clothes we wear define who we are. It’s wrong to judge. But let’s be honest, if you saw someone in a Spiderman costume your first thought would be “Spiderman”. If you saw someone in a police uniform your first thought would be “policeman”. So automatically when you go to church and see a well dressed person your first thought is probably “good Christian”, and if you go to church and see a lady that looks like she just came in off the streets your first thought is probably, “huh? I wonder why she came in here”.

As much as we may tell ourselves we are dressing up to look our best for God, I think a huge percentage of the time that is a lie. God sees you at your rawest, worst moments in life. He knows the deepest, ugliest things about you. If you had a big bruise on your leg and were going out with some friends you would probably ditch the shorts or skirt and wear a pair of pants. Not to deny that the bruise is there, just to cover it up for the night. Sometimes it seems as though we as Christians put layers and layers of clothes on to cover up our bruises, and yeah, it may work for the people that see you at church, but it doesn’t work for God. And if in fact you were honestly putting on your best clothes for God, wouldn’t you want to do that all the time? Because we are supposed to worship him with our every breath, shouldn’t we be wearing our top notch clothes when we get the mail, workout, or sleep? Shouldn’t you want to always “look your best for God”?

I’m not going to judge you if I see you at Church on Sunday in a prom dress or a suit, but just remember, God looks at you through the inside. If you want to look your best for God start with the inside and work your way out. Examine your heart before your closet.