Originally published at www.road2wholeness.com on 11/22/17
Welcome back to The Road2Wholeness Blog and "Life of LAB", a quick lab series. Today’s blog is “Trash Pick-Up”. For this lab we go to the scripture Luke
5:37, “And no one pours new wine into old wineskins...”
I will also be referencing a chapter from my last
Suspended-Release Novel, A Better Pair of Shoes.
To read the book, you can go to: abetterpairofshoes.blogspot.com
In chapter
22, “Aisha’s Old Wineskins” the character finds herself in a tough spot in her
marriage, and is confronted with a decision of whether to pour the new wines of
her marriage into the old wineskins of her understanding. When what was shining began to look dull, it
was easy for trash to begin to disguise itself. It was also easy to fall back onto an old
model of herself. So, how do we know
when we have new wine, and how do we discern the dull from the trash in our
lives?
If you read
the book, then you know the background of the character. This is a woman who has forged her way
forward and is operating in a new dimension.
However, she has no real knowledge of what is attempting to manifest in
her life. She’s successful and she knows
it. Yet, even her new life as she sees
it, is not where she is set to remain.
Without this knowledge, she doesn’t have the right foundation to make
the decision she is trying to make. This
is the case for many of us at many times in our life. We see life in terms of before versus now,
rather than now versus promise. When we
are calculating our decisions in contrast to the past rather than what is
ahead, it’s easy to pick up trash.
Therefore,
the first step is probably to understand the promise. In the case of marriage, what must also be
understood from a spiritual stand point is that there is an attack on the
promises of God, and God always promise with people, family, and generations in
mind. This then puts marriage under
great attack. That being said, a
distinction should be made between a dull marriage and the trash of a quick
solution. Now, there are many things that
come into play when we look at marriage—this being a quick lab, we won’t go too
deep, so let’s continue in and with the context we are discussing.
I would like
to say however, that God holds marriage in a high regard. This means that even if you hadn’t considered
all the variable of marriage, and you and your spouse finds yourself in a tough
spot, you two can go to God in union and obtain favor. This is true because God is always going to
honor a covenant, law, and principle.
Furthermore, God wants to fulfill purpose in the earth, and prove the
ways of righteousness right.
So, in the
case of Aisha, whether she had been blessed with her husband from the start, or
whether God decided to turn her water into wine, we don’t know, but what we can
see is how God can use failures when they are under the protection of covenant. Therefore, part of not turning to trash, is
knowing that God can restore and replenish.
In the moments that we trust God to do more with what we have than we
ourselves can do—we will find that God will produce new wine in our lives, and
he will also give us the new wineskins to put it in.
So, I
encourage you in all areas of life, to pull God in on your decisions. Let the promise be your guide, and always
expect new wine or new things. If you do
these things, it will become more and more difficult for trash to present
itself as fortune in your life.
Remember, your difficulties are not just a threat to the promise, but it
is an opportunity for disguise. Let the
eyes of God take you behind the mask of trash.
Stay the course, and prepare for wine.
Thank you for walking with The Road2Wholeness Blog! Coming up next in this quick lab series is "Always Fed". Hope you'll join us again soon.
Remember to go within that you may never go without. The God within you awaits you. Until our paths collide again, I wish you... Peace, Love, Life, and Complete Wholeness in Christ.
In Service,
NaTisha Renee Williams
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