It's Me Again God 2

88. A New Way

It's me again God,

I am feeling so blessed to be living under the New Covenant that came about because You loved the world so much and sent Your only Son to die for our sins. Everything is different, living this side of the Cross —I am not bound by the restraints of the law but under grace. It was also different when Jesus was ministering to people here and He was often questioned about things because people just didn't understand who He really was!

"Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, "How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?" Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast. "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.""
‭‭Mark‬ ‭2:18-22‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Jesus You let people see that You were different —You brought something entirely new that was not going to be compatible with the old! Many would not realise this until You died and rose again. On many occasions, the Pharisees would question Your actions, trying to find fault:

"One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?" He answered, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions." Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.""
‭‭Mark‬ ‭2:23-28‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Thank You Jesus for coming as the Son of Man and teaching us a new way! Here You were showing the people that You had lordship even over the Sabbath and it's former practices. I am so thankful that You are my Lord and I am happy for You to be in charge of everything in my life!

Until You come again,
Amen.