You Can’t Grow Her

"And 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

There comes a time in your life when the soil you’re planted in can no longer support your growth.

At first, you may not recognize it. Things seem familiar, comfortable even. The conversations, the environments, the relationships they’re predictable. But predictability is not the same as purpose. Familiarity is not the same as favor. Some places, some mindsets, some relationships may have been good for who you were but they are suffocating who you are becoming.

You can’t grow here.

This is not a statement of shame. It’s a revelation of reality. Growth demands an environment that challenges, stretches, and sometimes even agitates you. Growth is messy. It requires fresh soil, new roots, and a willingness to leave the safety of the known for the necessity of the unknown.

Just like Jesus said, you can’t pour new wine into old wineskins. You can’t fit a new vision into an old mentality. You can’t stretch into a new future while staying bound to an expired past.

The danger isn’t that God isn’t speaking.The danger is that you are trying to hear Him in places He has already left.

When you try to force yourself to stay in a place that no longer feeds your spirit, you begin to wither inside. You feel it you’re showing up but you’re not alive. You’re serving but you’re not growing. You’re existing but you’re not evolving. Deep down, you know the truth: the soil is depleted.

And beloved, if the soil is depleted, the fruit will be too.

Sometimes, the greatest act of faith is not fighting to stay. It’s having the courage to move.

It’s not disloyalty to recognize that you’ve outgrown the old wineskin. It’s wisdom. The disciples had to leave the familiar shores to become fishers of men. Abraham had to leave his father's house to inherit the promises of God. Ruth had to leave Moab to find her Boaz. Growth always demands movement.

Are you willing to move?

I’m not just talking about physical relocation. I’m talking about mental, emotional, and spiritual relocation. Moving out of thought patterns that make you doubt yourself. Moving away from relationships that celebrate your stagnation but despise your elevation. Moving out of environments where your anointing is tolerated but not cultivated.

If you stay too long in a place you’ve outgrown, what once was a blessing can become a burden.And you were not created to live burdened by what used to bless you.

Listen, you don’t have to demonize where you’ve been to acknowledge it’s not where you’re supposed to stay.You can honor the season and still move forward into a new one.

God is not interested in maintaining your comfort zone. He is committed to maturing your calling.

Today, I want you to ask yourself:

• Am I staying where I can't grow because it's easier than stepping into the unknown?

• Am I afraid to lose the acceptance of people who were never assigned to my future?

• Am I choosing familiarity over fruitfulness?

Because the truth is: You can’t grow here.

And that's okay. Growth starts with honesty. It begins when you give yourself permission to say, “I love you, but I can't stay here. I honor what was, but I embrace what is becoming.”

It’s time to move.It’s time to think bigger, believe deeper, and walk bolder.

God is ready to do a new thing in your life but new wine needs a new wineskin.

You were never created to settle.You were created to soar.

You can’t grow here...because God has somewhere greater for you to go.