And they said to him, The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink. And Jesus said to them, Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. He also told them a parable: No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ” The old is good. ” (Luke 5:33-39 ESV)
What does this mean? Old wine new wine and old cloth on new cloth…
Does it mean we should not do anything new and always stick with the old? Or never do anything we have done before and always do new things? Or does it mean we should not mix the new and the old?
We can not fast because of our sorrow if the one we are sorrowful over is still with us and we can not be in a state of morning for them if they are with us.
Life is not about doing the right things at the right time or what is easiest. There is not a list of things that fit every situation, to be done regardless of the situation you are in. You also can not do the easiest, ripping a piece of available cloth to repair a garment. If the fabrics do not match it will be worse than not fixing the hole. You have to make sure what you are doing matches the situation you are in.
You see it is not about what the right rule to follow is, it is about what is the right thing to do to forward the mission of God. It is not about the rules but about what needs to be done to further the mission of God.
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