“No one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will
burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he
pours new wine into new wineskins."
وَلاَ أَحَدَ يَضَعُ خَمْراً جَدِيدَةً فِي قِرَبٍ عَتِيقَةٍ، حَتَّى
لاَ تُفَجِّرَ الْخَمْرُ الْجَدِيدَةُ الْقِرَبَ، فَتُرَاقَ الْخَمْرُ وَتَتْلَفَ
الْقِرَبُ. إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ الْجَدِيدَةُ تُوْضَعُ فِي قِرَبٍ جَدِيدَةٍ».
Mark 2:22
There are many interpretations of this parable which
Jesus told. I understand it to mean that we cannot conform to the teachings of
Jesus unless we:
·
Renew our thinking and unlearn what the secular world has taught us; and
continues to teach us;
·
Allow Jesus to heal the past and
·
Adopt Jesus’ way of thinking.
In order that Jesus can pour His teachings into our
minds, we must first empty our saturated minds of the secular teachings. The
same way that you cannot pour any new tea into a cup that is already full, the
new tea will just end up in the saucer. However if you empty the cup you can
fill it with the new tea, or the good news, the Gospel, God’s amazing grace.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba
Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and Your unfailing, deep, and
inseparable love for me. Lord,
help me today to become a new vessel. Help me through the Holy Spirit to
release old thinking, old habits, old pains, secular beliefs, and anything that
would keep me from being the best You created me to be. Strengthen me by Your
Spirit O’ Lord and guide me so that I can live my life in a way that pleases
You. Make me into a new vessel and pour Your Spirit into me Lord. Jesus You are
the vine and I am the branch and I am nothing without You. Help me to abide in
You. God I pray to You in the name of Your precious Son; The King of kings and Lord of lords, my Redeemer,
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, the power, the
dominion, the majesty and the blessings forever and ever and unto ages of all
ages.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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