Work Day Devotions That Work
Meet Jesus : New Wine
Matthew 9:16: No man puts a piece of new cloth as a patch on an old garment, otherwise what you use to repair will cause a tear on the garment, and the damage is worse. 17: Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runs out, and the bottles ruin: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Ever tried to get something old to do something new, Evotion? It is tough. Years ago, I remember working to get an older tractor with a mowing attachment to try and cut a newly sloped and landscaped property. The job never could get done. It looked like a bad haircut every week. Eventually, we had to invest in a newer, all terrain tractor/mower. Then the job got done well and with precision.
Jesus is new wine. He comes in and changes our very nature to be able to get the new demands met of His new wine. The option would be for us to crack and break. That would be no fun.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.- Benjamin Franklin
At each juncture of major change in our lives, it takes a refresh of the newness. Change is tough enough one major time in life, but really it takes major increments of change and newness to get us where we need to go. Don't settle for just that one fresh and new connection with Christ. Be ready for Him to come back again and again and make major changes.
ACT! What does Jesus want you to do that is new? Do it a new way. Don't try an old way. Let Him give you a new one.
PRAY! Father, let us be continually creative in You. Not just once, but always You are pouring the new wine of Jesus into our life. Always You are stretching us into new venues and new tasks. Let Evotion and let me see daily with new eyes. Help us not rest in old understandings and old ways. Freshen our skin so that we might receive new wine daily.
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