~Wineskin~

Hey friends, recently i just finished reading a book by John Bevere titled, "Victory in th wilderness." it talks about the wilderness experience that everyone of us have to go through, and how to emerge victoriously just like Jesus did.

There one chapter thats talk about the wilderness as a place of change for us to go to the next level, just wanna share one part of it that i feel its going to bless us.

Remember when we first got saved and was filled with the Spirit, it would be so easy to experience the presence of God. Sometimes the presence of God will simply manifest itself the moment we pray. However, after some time you will find that sensing God's presence is not as easy, i'm still praying the way i am, but where's God? Friends, let me welcome you to the wilderness, and God is preparing you- the wine skin, for the new wine, which is the fresh move of God's spirit.


Jesus says no one puts new wine into a old wineskin as the wineskin will burst and the wine will be spilled, let us see what the Lord means by taking a look at the wineskin used at that time. The wineskin of Jesus's days were made out of sheep skin, when the wine is first put in, the wineskin is flexible and pliable. Just like when we first receive Christ, we are teachable and mouldable, quick to repent quick to change. But as time goes by the atmosphere will asbsorb all the moisture out of the wineskin, leaving it brittle and hard. If you fill in the new wine now, the wineskin will not be able to take the weight of the new wine, neither will it be able to restand the fermentation process of the wine, thus the wineskin will surely burst. So in order to rejunvenate the wineskin in order for it to contain the new wine, it must be soaked in water for a few days (washing by the Word of God) and be rubbed with olive oil (seeking the Lord in prayer). But first we have to empty the old wine, taking away of God's tangible presence. God doesn't do that to make us feel outcasted or frustrated, but by Him doing that, it will cause us to seek for Him again. And seeking causes us to be flexible and pliable again. And when we are thirsty, we will not reject the new wine and desire the old wine( the old way of doing things in our comfort zone), as most of us would have choosen if we have a choice, "And no one, having drunk with old wine, immediately desires new; for he says,'the old is better.'" Luke 5:39 therefore pouring out of the old wine causes us to become thristy for the Lord's presence and open for a new move of the Spirit of God. And God is able to use us amen?

So friends, if you feel dry in your walk with God, don't give up, keep on seeking the Lord. He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him! God may be moulding you right now for something new and you may be well on your way to the next level. So keep on pressing in!

Behold I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it?

I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,

Isaiah 43:19