From Sunday’s 2nd Lesson: Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

I assume St. Paul’s point is putting on Jesus means NOT being a drunkard, no quarreling either, NO PROVISION for the flesh. I am sure many reading this add, in their own minds, “You mean NO FUN, right?”.

But this is the same Paul who writes in Philippians, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, Rejoice!”. So let us not think this admonition from Romans means No Fun, but rather a better way, wearing the armor of light, putting on Jesus like skin gives us every reason to rejoice and even revel in the grace of Christ, instead of reveling which leads to the type of behavior St. Paul describes in Romans, which does not allow others to see Christ in and on us. Revel in the Lord and our blessing, revel all you want while wearing Christ, just don’t forget to put Jesus on first!