• Job 29:14
  I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
  
• Isaiah 61:10
  I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

These are the only two passages found in a search using the words robe and righteous.

They are a stark contrast between our “putting on” and God clothing us.

As a child I was insecure and I “put on” airs of intellect and ego to mask who I was inside.

My high school yearbook had a line that spoke well to it. “All those summer girls” There were lots of them because as soon as they saw me for what I was under the mask, they were gone. That was me as Job.

Once God clothed me with robes of salvation I became a new creation in Christ. It has taken me many years to discover that the robes of righteousness were never mine and never will be. They cover me, sure, but they do not belong to me.

The bride and the bridegroom adorn themselves with their wedding attire only once and then put them away so as to never soil those precious garments. They are more ceremonial than decorative.

Philippians 3:9 English Standard Version (ESV) and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith

If you get to know me now you will find a man who loves imperfectly because I am not yet perfected. I do the best I can and to be honest with you there is still a little insecure boy hiding inside me clinging to robes that do not belong to me.

I am secure in God’s love for me but insecure in my ability to live up to the name of Christ.

In my weakness He is strong.