What are the areas that cause us to operate as an old wineskin? The longer we have walked with God, the greater challenge we have in not remaining as an old wineskin but to stay new, fresh, and flexible with the work of God in and around us. This will allow us to continue to grow up and not stay stuck in how we saw ourselves or how others perceived us in the past. They worked fine for a season, but itвЂ™s time to let them go and take on the new things God desires for us. Some of the things we hold on to spiritually are just like the shirt in the above example. ItвЂ™s time to let it go and have a respectable funeral for that shirt and start wearing your appropriate size outfit!вЂќ Your Mom tries to tell you that it doesnвЂ™t look good on you anymore, but you still envision yourself looking great and getting complements wearing that shirt. The shirt is short, and it doesnвЂ™t even cover your waistline anymore, but you are adamant in wearing it. The sleeves are short and look 3/4 length of what they were previously. The arms are tight and you can hardly put it on. One must put the new wine into the new wineskins because the new wineskins have the potential for growth and expansion.Дo you remember when you were a child and you had that favorite shirt that you didnвЂ™t want to let go of? Your Mom bought it for you when you were 5 years old, and now you are 8 years old and still want to wear it.

Jesus likened our relationship with Him to pouring wine into wineskins.

Old wineskin