Wisdom is Disguise

"No one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does the wine will burst the skins- and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins. Mark 2:21,22

Jesus had just been challenged about his disciples, and Himself for that matter, were not fasting like the religious leaders, twice a week. Jesus had said that they would not need to fast until He was gone, He called Himself the groom.

Taking a short breath He then went on to speak the above. I am sure they would have been many scratching their heads. What had wineskins to do with fasting??

This illustrated the need for a new heart to receive the new message. All the religious leaders, even John the Baptist, struggled with Jesus' approach. They had, for so long, expected the Saviour to behave a certain way and Jesus was definitely not stereotypical.

Today, Jesus has a message that is for ears who will hear. We cannot demand He behave according to our way of thinking, because He is much better than that. He does not work according to our understanding but His and invites us up, to sit with Him and learn from Him. After all, His yoke is easy, His burden is light. Right??

Do you feel the wind? It is there. Stop! Wait! Listen!

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