The Robes in the Choir Chamber

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

When I was a child, I was in the choir at our synagogue. Behind the stage was a room filled with blue flowing robes that we wore when we went out to sing. Once we put on the garments we were changed, or at least that's how we felt. I remember walking into that room, seeing all those garments and feeling like each one represented a sort of holy identity. In the same way, the Bible speaks of holy garments and mantles. When the prophet Elijah threw his mantle over Elisha, Elisha's life was changed forever. It was the mantle of the prophet. As a believer you too have a mantle; a calling that God has thrown over your life. But like that room of robes, that holy garment doesn't do you any good on the hanger. Your high calling won't do you any good if you don't wear it, apply it, rise to it, and move in it. Don't let it just sit there on the hanger, in a room full of robes. Don your mantle and fulfill that calling.

From Message #1088 - Don the Mantle