Today's encouragement comes from Genesis 41:42, where we read these words:
"Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck."Jacob, Joseph's father, had put a beautiful robe (of many colors) on his favor-ed son (Joseph). Potiphar's wife, seeking to set Joseph up, had kept his gar-ment as alleged evidence of wrongdoing. In prison, Joseph wore clothing un-worthy of the pharaoh's audience. But now, the king of Egypt puts royal attire on Joseph.
All of us start out our lives in the putrid rags of Adam’s original sin. We remain in these tattered and smelly garments until the Holy Spirit applies Jesus Christ’s perfect justification to our hearts—imputing His righteousness to us. At that very moment, and from then on, we are beautified by the “clothing” of the Person of Christ Himself, (cf. Rom. 13:14).
[Puritan quote of the day: "Men void of grace are dead; they have breath, yet lack life. They are walking ghosts, (Eph. 2:1).” —Thomas Watson, in his ser-mon, "The Beauty of Grace"]
