The Narrow Way

Capacity is not increased in comfort.
Capacity is grown in the stretch.
When you feel like your hands are too full,
your schedule too heavy,
your heart carrying more than it ever has before
you’re not failing,
you’re expanding.

Jesus told His disciples in Luke 5:37–38,
“No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.”

Stretching means God is preparing you for new wine.
The pressure you feel is not punishment, it’s preparation.
He’s making you into a vessel that can hold more of His glory,
more of His anointing,
more of His assignments.

Moses didn’t know he could lead until God stretched him.
Esther didn’t know she could save a nation until God stretched her.
Peter didn’t know he could walk on water until Jesus called him to step out.

The stretch always feels risky.
It always feels like you might break.
But you won’t because God is in the stretch.
And what He stretches, He strengthens.

Isaiah 54:2 declares,
“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.”
Enlargement always requires stretching.
And stretching always produces strength.

So if you feel pulled in every direction,
if the weight seems greater than before,
if obedience feels costly and uncomfortable,
don’t shrink back.
You’re not being broken down, you’re being built up.

This season isn’t about what’s leaving you.
It’s about what’s making room in you.
God is expanding your faith, your influence, your spirit,
so you can carry what’s coming next.

You are stretched but you are not crushed.
You are pressed but not abandoned.
You are being prepared for the kind of outpouring
you once only prayed for.