Become new creatures with Jesus

Nobody sews a piece of unshaven cloth on an old cloak. If it does, its fullness moves away, the new from the old and the tear gets worse. Mark 2:21

We have already heard this analogy from Jesus before. It is one of those statements that we can easily hear and then reject without understanding. Do you understand what it means?

This analogy is followed by the analogy of pouring new wine into old wineskins. Jesus says that no one does it because he will blow up the old wineskins. Therefore, the new wine is poured into new wineskins.

Both of these analogies speak of the same spiritual truth. They reveal that if we wish to receive his new and transforming gospel message, we must first become new creations. Our old lives for sin cannot contain the new gift of grace. Therefore, to fully receive the message of Jesus, we must first be created again.

Remember the Scripture: “To those who have, more will be given; by those who have not done it, even what he has will be taken away ”(Mark 4:25). This teaches a similar message. When we are full of the newness of grace, we are even more grateful.

What is that "new wine" and "new patch" that Jesus wants to give you? If you are willing to let your life be made new, you will find that more will be paid to you as you receive more. Abundance will be given when abundance has already been received. It is as if someone had won the lottery and decided to give everything to the richest person they could find. Here's how grace works. But the good news is that God wants us all to be rich in abundance.

Reflect today on this teaching of Jesus. Know that he wants to pour much grace into your life if you are willing to let yourself be created again for the first time.

Sir, I wish to be done again. I wish to live a new life in grace, so that even more grace can be lavished on me through your sacred words. Help me, dear Lord, to embrace the life of abundance that you have in store for me. Jesus I believe in you.