“Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.”
— John 2:10

The first miracle Jesus performed was to turn water into wine at a wedding in Cana. When the guests drank the wine, they were surprised by how good it was. They said, “Most people serve the good wine first at a wedding, and then when everyone has drunk freely, they serve the bad wine. But in this case, you saved the best wine until last.”

I see this story as an analogy for the lives of believers. Just as the latter wine Yeshua created was better than the former, so will the latter years of your life be better than the former. Why do I say this? It’s because as you continue to seek Him, beloved, you are going to be changed from glory to glory and from grace to grace. You will just get better and better, stronger and stronger, and more and more like Jesus.

Day by day you are being changed. You are not the same person today that you were last year, and you are not going to be the same person a year from now that you are today. As you give your life to Jesus, as you continue to seek to obey Him, as you continue to give His Word preeminence in your life, as you continue to sit under sound teaching and apply it to your life, you are going to be supernaturally changed.

No matter how old you are or how long you have been following Messiah, keep believing that the best is yet to come.

Father God, I thank You that the best is yet to come. You are moving me from glory to glory and from strength to strength, and I declare that my latter years will be greater than my former years. Father, give me renewed hope, health, and vitality so I will remain strong for You even as I age. Thank You for changing me day by day as I seek You with my whole heart.

Rabbi Kirt A. Schneider, Rivers of Revelation (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House, 2020), Used by permission.