We are a little more than a week into the 2010. How are those resolutions going? Jesus teaches that change must be done in both spirit and form in His metaphor of the wine skins. New wine cannot be stored in old wine skins because they become inflexible and will burst. New wine skins allow for change. Obviously, the best combination is new wine and new wine skins.
Lasting change requires new habits in a new routine. Both the willingness and discipline. There is nothing superficial about change. It requires body, mind, and spirit in synergy. Only God can bring the deepest change of the heart. Only God can change the heart.
Every time I read this passage I wrestle with my own needs to change. A pep talk never hurts motivation but change requires more than determination. Jesus' Words about change are the best.
Jesus' power and grace are required for spiritual changes of the heart.
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