Dec 15, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Your Wineskin Is Leaking

Your wineskin is leaking, and you probably do not even realize it. Jesus had this to say to all Christians: “New wine must be put into new bottles,” Mark 2: 22b KJV.

“He (Jesus) told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.39 And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’” Luke 5:36-39 NIV.

I was dreaming two nights ago—a very complicated dream. After I woke up God said these words to me, “The wineskins are leaking.” I knew exactly what God was saying when He spoke these words, but I had never considered what the Holy Spirit was saying to me before this time. I knew I had new wine in my life but never considered that whenever the Holy Spirit wants to pour Himself into me that I need to have a new wineskin—a new me.

As I began to think on these things and read through the Scriptural accounts of “the wineskins or bottles with new wine”, the words of Jesus began to come alive with meaning, and what God spoke to me came with conviction and urgency.

One can never have New Wine from heaven without becoming a new wineskin/a new bottle. It cannot happen! Sure, you say, “I am saved” or “I already have New Wine through the baptism of the Holy Spirit”, but the true meaning of the verses is whenever God wants to deposit New Wine in your life you must become “new again.” Lamentations 3:22-23: It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

As being born again is life-long process so is the receiving of New Wine. If the Holy Spirit has His way in your life, He is always wanting to pour New Wine into our lives.

Our lives so often become broken, damaged, and injured with sins, faults, inappropriate responses to what God would have us do. God always wants us to be made, New Again. This can only take place through conviction, forgiveness, repentance, the repairing of our lives—we must become new wineskins in order for New Wine to find its way into our lives.

Jesus warned us in Luke 5:39, we will not want new wine after drinking the old wine. I see this so plainly now. You cannot repair your life/your bottle/your wineskin—it must be made new. No matter how spiritual you are, how long you have been a Christian, or how many good works you have done, we all must become new all over again anytime God wants to pour new wine into our lives. It is this new wine that changes everything for every Christian in order for God to do His work through our lives. We must have the new wine Jesus is talking about every day!

You and I must stop our wineskins from leaking. We often do not even recognize that wine is leaking from our broken lives. We have nothing to give to others. We have no or little passion or power. We are not exercising the fullness of the Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit in a world that so desperately needs them.

Our wine is old—without flavor or impact, and now our lives have become worn out and broken. We must cry out for God’s forgiveness—we must become poor in spirit, contrite & broken, and in a constant state of repentance. Begin to tell God, “I am so sorry for my leaking wineskin and having old wine in my life.” Cry out for a new life—a new wineskin for God to pour His new wine from heaven into your life.

It is having “His mercies new each day” that makes me new each day and makes me ready for the Holy Spirit’s ‘new wine’ to be deposited into my life and producing the activity of God to a dying world.

“God make me a new bottle each day, so I am ready

for whenever you give me your new wine.”

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What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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