When I was a child, we didn’t have much.
Money was tight. Choices were few.
But we took care of each other.
We made small sacrifices—quiet ones.
We shared what we had. We made it work.
Later, when my wife and I got married,
the struggle didn’t end.
I worked hard. But no matter what I did,
I couldn’t seem to get ahead.
I felt stuck—like I was sinking.
Then I chose a different light—
not the spotlight of success,
but the steady flame of Christ.
Today, by God’s grace,
those worries are behind me.
But some habits remain.
I still wear my old shoes—
soles worn thin, on some, sides blown out.
They’re comfortable.
They’ve carried me through.
And my wife says,
“I shouldn’t wear those shoes.”
She’s right.
Not because of how they look—
but because they remind me
of how long I tried to carry myself.
This isn’t a prosperity gospel.
It’s a surrender gospel.
When I stopped depending on myself,
when I let go of what the world expected,
and gave myself fully to Jesus—
everything changed.
Christ became my center.
My light. My guide.
He holds all things together.
He leads me into new life.
But it’s hard to let go of the old shoes.
The ones that feel familiar.
The ones that tell the story of survival.
Yet Jesus says,
“New wine must be poured into fresh wineskins.”
He doesn’t patch the old.
He makes all things new.
So I ask myself—
What else am I still wearing
that no longer fits the walk?
And maybe you’re asking too.
Prayer: A New Walk with Christ
Lord Jesus,
You’ve carried me through worn-out seasons—
through struggle and scarcity in worldliness.
But now You call me to walk in newness,
to lay down what no longer fits the journey.
You are my light, my guide,
the One who holds all things together.
Shape me into a vessel for Your new wine.
Let me walk not by habit, but by grace.
Amen.
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