Don't Be An Old Wineskin

As I was praying for the new year, I heard in my Spirit, "Don't be an old wineskin."

Looking into the scriptures, I found references in the gospels where Jesus talked about old and new wineskins.

In Luke 5, Jesus said, "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"

The context of this scripture was when the Pharisees came criticizing Jesus for not letting His disciples fast like the disciples of John did. They were criticizing Jesus for not following existing lifestyles or traditions. They wanted Jesus and His disciples to behave and follow the status quo.

You see, traditionally, people prefer old wine because they believe it tastes better. Jesus refuted that mindset and chose a new way of life. The Pharisees did not like that.

This is a new year, and it is seductive and tempting to want to retain old mindsets and the status quo. You have to become a new wineskin for God to fill you with new wine.

In this new year, God is doing a new thing... He is releasing a new wave of anointing, new revelations, new insights, new ideas, new visions; but if you try to receive them with old mindsets and traditions, you will waste them.

Bottom line: if we want new wine, we need to become new wineskins!

Join me in praying that this new year, God will make us new wineskins. He will change our mindsets, as He said in His word, "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh" (Ezekiel 36:26).

Wishing you God's best this year and always.