Clothed

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers:        1 Peter 3:12a

I am so thankful that God sees me and that His ears are open to my prayers.  These are daily benefits and blessings of being a child of God, but I also realized that when He sees me and listens to my prayers, it's not my righteousness He sees, He sees His Son's righteousness.

How do I know it's Christ's righteousness and not my own?

Romans 3:10 says, 'As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one.

Isaiah 64:6a tells me, 'But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.'

How do I know I'm clothed in Christ's righteousness?

Isaiah 61:10 says, 'I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.'

I am clothed in the Righteousness of the Lord.

    Are you?

        You can be! Turn from your sin and turn to Christ!

            But that's just me!

God never alters the robe of righteousness to fit the man.

Rather He alters the man to fit the robe-John Hagee