Excerpts
From Launch Out into the Deep by Uyoyou C. Charles-Iyoha
And Mordecai
went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and
with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and
the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. Esther Chapter 8 verse 15 KJV.
Then commanded
Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and [put] a chain of gold
about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the
third ruler in the kingdom. Daniel Chapter 25 verse 29.
Let the king
appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these
beautiful girls into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under
the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let
beauty treatments be given to them…The girl pleased him and won his favor.
Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He
assigned to her seven maids selected from the king's palace and moved her and
her maids into the best place in the harem. … Before a girl's turn came to go
in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments
prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes
and cosmetics. Esther Chapter 2 verses 3, 9 and 12 NIV
Jesus Christ dressed decently and regally. At
his death, the soldiers contested for his garment. It is instructive that no
Roman soldier would contest for shabby clothes.
The Bible records that Joseph shaved and had a
change of clothing before appearing before Pharaoh when Joseph was summoned to
hear Pharaoh’s dreams in order to provide the interpretation. He did not appear
shabby and unkempt before Pharaoh because he was a prisoner. He appeared
decent. That perhaps explains why Pharaoh re-clothed him in more beautiful
royal clothing and jewellery after he was appointed Prime Minister (Chapter 41
verses 14, 42 to 43).
When Esther participated in the search for a
queen contest, she dressed decently and regally. She did not appear shabby and
unkempt because she was Jewish. Rather, she dressed in moderation and utilized
the beauty enhancements in moderation. God gave her favor before the king and
she became the next queen (Esther Chapter 2 verses 3, 9 and 12).
When God gave instructions for the design of
the priestly garments, He included dignity and honor.
Grooming like royalty separates you from the
teeming mass of indifferent people who do not give a hoot about how they look,
smell and appear before other people. They show up in public unkempt.
Additionally, grooming like royalty will make
people address you like one. Therefore, invest time and resources in knowing
the colors of royalty and wear them appropriately.
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