In Luke 5:37, Jesus shares a powerful analogy with His disciples:
“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill, and the skins will be ruined.”
If you are like me, you may have wondered what Jesus really meant. What exactly is it about new wine that bursts old wineskins?
No need to wonder anymore. Uncle Samuel is here to explain it in simple terms🙂.
In those days, wine was stored in wineskins made from animal hides. New wine is still fermenting and fermentation produces gas, mainly carbon dioxide. This gas causes expansion of the container. Fresh wineskins are still flexible and can stretch to accommodate the pressure from the gas.
Old wineskins, however, have already been stretched from previous use and have become dry and brittle. They have lost their ability to expand. So if you pour new, fermenting wine into them, they will burst under the pressure, leading to a loss of both the wine and the wineskin, just like Jesus said.
Now, here is the real lesson: new ideas, fresh opportunities, and new ways of doing things cannot be forced into old systems or outdated mindsets. New seasons demand new structures. If you insist on using old methods for new challenges, you risk losing both the opportunity and the system you are trying to preserve.
Let me ask you: What new wine are you pouring into old wineskins? It is only a matter of time before you lose both the wine and the wineskin.
Why not take Jesus’ advice?
Have an amazing weekend.
