Episode 421
Embracing Your New Self
"If you keep trying to pour your new self into your old situations, something is going to burst."- Wesleyne
Word of the Day
No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins; and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.-Mark 2:22
Summary
When you’re working on becoming a new version of yourself, it’s crucial to understand that trying to pour that new self into old situations just won’t work.
Have you ever felt like you were making progress, only to find yourself slipping back into old habits or environments?
If you keep going back to the same relationships or places that hold you back, all that hard work you’ve done on yourself can break.
As you heal and grow, you deserve to be in new spaces, surrounded by new people who uplift you and understand your journey.
So, I encourage you to embrace the new wine God has poured into you.
Seek out those new environments and friendships that reflect the growth you’re experiencing.
Remember, you’re not meant to go back; you’re meant to move forward.
Takeaways
- New growth requires new environments; old situations may hinder your progress.
- Surround yourself with supportive people who understand your journey.
- Returning to old habits and places can undo the healing you’ve achieved.
- Embrace the transformation God is working in you.
- Have the courage to seek new friendships and opportunities.
Chapters
- 00:00 - Introduction and Prayer
- 01:00 - The Concept of New Wine and Old Wineskins
- 02:15 - The Importance of New Environments
- 03:30 - Avoiding Old Patterns and Relationships
- 04:45 - Embracing Your New Self
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Transcript
Heavenly Father, I will have the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart to be acceptable in your sight. You are our strength and our redeemer. In your son's name we pray, amen. As I was reading through Joel, I got to a passage that was talking about wine and the threshing room floor.
And so it reminded me of Mark 2 verses 22. And no one pours new wine into old wine skins. Otherwise the wine will burst the skins and both the wine and the wine skins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wine skins. And what God brought to me is that someone needs to hear this word today.
to know that if you are trying to pour your new self into your old situations, then it's never gonna work. As you work on yourself, as you pray and allow God to heal you and to speak to you, but you keep going back to the same situations over and over and over, something is going to burst. Something.
is not going to go according to your plan. Your new healthy, centered, balanced self going back into the same relationships with the same people, going back into the same job with the same environment. This verse says both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. So you
all the hard work that you've been doing, all of the development you've been doing on yourself, all of that will implode and the environment that you're in.
Wesleyne (:they won't become better, they will still stay in the place that they're in. And the relationship will be damaged, sometimes irreparably. The work environment will become unsupportable, insupportable. And so as you are walking through your journey of healing and leaning closer to God and seeking his face and seeking his voice,
Remember, new wine has to go into new wineskins. The new version of yourself that you are growing and developing and working through all of the pain and the trauma and the things of the past, that new version of yourself deserves to be in new environments, new places with new people who speak the same language that you speak.
who can support you, can cheer you on, who can hold you accountable. But if you keep going back to the same parties and the same clubs and the same environments that you have in the past, all the things, all the work that you've done on yourself will go by the wayside. So take the new wine, the new wine that God has poured into you, the Holy Spirit, the
goodness of God in all his glory and have the courage to find new environments, new friends, new things.
