Mark 2:22 βAnd no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins.β
Jesus teaches that the issue is not the power of the new wine, but the condition of the container. Old mindsets are shaped by past limitations, disappointments, and familiar patterns. When God releases new works, outdated thinking cannot sustain fresh grace. Transformation must occur internally before manifestation can be sustained externally.
Throughout Scripture, renewal precedes breakthrough. Israel could leave Egypt in a night, but Egypt took longer to leave their thinking. The Pharisees missed the Messiah not because He lacked power, but because He did not fit their expectations. Godβs miracles stretch belief systems, challenge comfort zones, and require flexibility of heart. Without renewed thinking, even divine miracles can feel disruptive instead of redemptive.
This season calls for inward renewal. Ask God to reshape your perspective, expand your faith, and release you from mental patterns that no longer serve His purpose. When the mind is renewed, the heart becomes ready, and the life becomes capable of sustaining what God releases. New miracles require new containers. Let God do the internal work so the external blessing remains.
Further readings:
Isa 43:18β19
2 Co 5:17
Rom 12:2
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