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My friend, Sally Kennedy, sent me one of
her devotionals the other day. It is so good I wanted to share it. The original author
is unknown.
“Once upon a time a man lived in the
streets, clad only in the dirtiest and worst of rags. One day a person from the
Palace saw him, and approached him. There was going to be a banquet at the
Palace, and he had instructions to come and invite people from the highways and
byways. Would he like to come?
The man was indeed interested.
However, he could not attend a banquet dressed in his rags. The Palace representative
assured him they would exchange his rags for some suitable finery to wear to
the banquet.
All was in order. The two arrived at
the Palace where they went directly to the dressing chambers of the King.
Servants took the filthy rags, bundled them in a little package, and proceeded
to rub, scrub, and clean the man from top to bottom.
He was then allowed to choose his
robes from the closets of the King. He was told that whatever he picked he
would be able to keep, so he carefully examined all the many garments in the
closet. He chose an exquisite inner garment of purest silk, and an outer robe
of finest purple satin. He was ready for the banquet!
As they left the dressing quarters,
the man grabbed his old rags. The servants told him to just leave them, because
he wouldn't need them anymore. However, he insisted on taking the bundle with
him. Even though he didn't need the rags now, he felt more secure somehow if he
could just hold on to them.
In the Palace banquet hall, the
festivities were about to begin. Nearly everyone was there, including the King
himself. The man was seated, looking resplendent in his new attire. He hid his
bundle of rags on his lap, underneath the tablecloth, so no one would see them.
The banquet was not to be believed!
There was music and dancing, and every kind of delicacy imaginable. As the
trays were passed, the beggar had difficulty getting the food onto his plate.
He was constantly juggling the package of old rags on his lap, balancing it so
it wouldn't fall off. It constantly distracted him from what was going on in
the grand hall.
Eventually the evening ended and the
great gala event was over. Everyone was stuffed to the gills except for the man
clinging to his rag bundle. He was as hungry as when he had come in. He never
had eaten even one morsel of the food. He had been too busy fixing and holding
on to his old rags.
Today, Jesus invites all of us to
God's great banquet, to leave our old ways and old rags, and to say,
"Yes!" to Him and to a new and glorious way of living. That is
good news!
Prayer: Lord, your Word says that I am
a new creation in Christ. Help me to discard the old and walk in the new with
You today. Thank you, Lord. Amen.”
Beloved, because of Jesus, everything
old can be transformed by Resurrection Power. Will you “take it?”
Will you give up the old so that all
that lovely “new” is what fills your mind and directs your life? Will you?
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