Dress Code for the King

Good Afternoon lovelies,
So I've been thinking, its actually kind of hard to dress appropriately when you're a server of God. There are many things that we shouldn't wear because of immodesty but take a look at this.

In the bible God many times tells us (women specifically) that we should dress modestly and appropriately. He says in 1 Timothy 2:9-10  "Also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God." so lets break this down for a sec, shall we...

The first part is pretty clear "I also want women to dress modestly"

What is modesty?
          Modesty is a mode of dress intended to avoid encouraging sexual attraction in others. In this use, it can be considered inappropriate or immodest to reveal certain parts of the body. A modest person would behave so as to avoid encouraging the sexual attention of others.

Now that we know what that means we can see that God calls us to be unrevealing of the members of our body. We as women, shouldn't display the intimate body parts that God has given us to provoke men or to draw attention to ourselves. Its hard sometimes because sometimes the most attractive things to the eyes are the immodest ones but that's something God has to work in so one will no longer desire to wear things that don't please God. Modest clothes are very hard to find sometimes but they're not impossible. Later on I'll leave some suggestions of stores that sell pretty cute modest clothes :)

When we dress immodestly and reveal too much not only are we sinning but we are also causing others to sin. In Matthew 5:28 God says, "But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart." If we walk around the streets with inappropriate clothing men will be attracted and with just one lustful look he has committed adultery in his heart. This then becomes our fault of dressing that way and his for having such thoughts and desires.


Next... "With decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes "

Decency is behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality, meaning we must carry ourselves as respectably and with good behavior (which is what propriety means). So what does this mean? We must not let ourselves be touched or treated as something that we are not. We are severs of the king, a royal priesthood and we must treat ourselves and let others treat us as so.
God also tells us that we mustn't adorn ourselves with elaborate hairstyles or gold or peals or expensive clothing. You may be thinking "Hold up, you mean to tell me that buying expensive clothing is a sin?!" No, lets break it down a bit.

In the next part it says "but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God"

This makes it clearer. Here God is saying not to buy expensive clothing, not to wear gold or pearls or elaborate hairstyles but this is when referring to drawing attention to ourselves. He's saying that instead our attention should come from the good we do in his name. If one professes to worship God it means she states or claims to do so. It isn't appropriate for a women who claims to worship and serve God to want attention coming from the wrong places. Those expensive clothing or pearls and gold or showing cleavage or a tight short skirt, shouldn't be a source of attention, instead our praise should come from the works we do in his name and from the testimony that we display because of who we are in him.



I know it may be hard sometimes to be the only one in school or at work who dresses modestly, with skirts and unrevealing tops but this is what God has called us for. We need to follow his commandments and let him be the one to draw the attention to us, we my be teased or treated differently but that's okay because we aren't called to fit in but instead to be the difference. Romans 12 "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. ² Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Its al under God's will and he will help us through it.

Dear God, thank you for making me understand that you want me to be different from the rest of the crowd. I know that I have to please you in everything that I do; even in how I dress. Help me to be modest and to not be tempted by the trends of this world. In Jesus name, Amen.


Stores where modest attire can be found:
h&m
Cotton On
Forever 21 !!!!!!
Banan Republic
Zara
Express
New York and Company
Old Navy
Gap
Loft
Hollister (very few)
Juppe de Abby
Pkidchics