With Jesus present the old has gone and the new has come. This is the new covenant spoken of long ago by Israel’s prophets. This is the kingdom of God; the dawning of God’s new age. And the people of this new age are to live new lives themselves. Now is the time for feasting not fasting, the abundance of new wine, and a radical new life that bursts into Sabbath. The mercy of God is alive and active.
• Are you living a radical new life?
• In what ways are you still living as if the new deal of the Gospel had never burst into your life?
• How can you celebrate this new deal today?
• In what ways do you need to ‘stretch out your hand’ to Jesus?
