Behold, something new

“Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it…” (Isa 43:19). The Lord promises to do a new thing. A thing that is different, that has not been before. A new thing is one that excites; something that causes hope to well up within. It is something to look forward to; one that in a unique way, refreshes the spirit, and fills it with strength. A new thing is something with all its potentials still in its freshest and purest state. Undefiled as yet by the trials, pains, and despair which time will inevitably bring. In life we must always be thankful for those precious moments when our creator gives to us the blessing and benefits of new things. When we have outspent the benefits and goodness He bestows on us, through endless worries and anxieties; then we must thankfully and eagerly receive the new things He offers us.

New things are important in life; the bountiful blessings God has packaged for us are always presented as new things. “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lam (3:22-23). They are new every morning, scriptures tell us, of the Lord’s mercies and compassions. Any wonder why He desires to do new things in our life. He wants to make our very lives new, and we ourselves new creatures for “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 Cor (5:17). For new things enable us avoid old mistakes, coming as they do after the old things and their mistakes. Faults, weakness, and flaws in the old things can be, and are indeed made right in the new.  Consider that if the world can be made new, then all of the problems, and difficulties of life, will have been solved. Just think the entire problems of humanity, solved, by making all things new. This is what the Lord offers to every one; newness of life, of spirit, and of heart. But we must put out the old before we can take in the new. The new and the old can not mix together. The one must be put out for the other, and other taken in, instead of the one. The gift of newness is from God and He offers it freely to all. Our hands should with reverent gratefulness receive it, in all humility and love.

Each day is something new, as is every minute of the day. Each moment is full, fresh, and pure; with potentials in its most undefiled state. We must gratefully accept each new thing given us, along with its fullness, freshness and pureness. We must appreciate the wonders, blessing, and goodness packed into the newness we receive from the Lord. Whether it be newness of life, of spirit, or of heart; God’s thought is to take away that which is sin, in order to bring in that which is good. Like every breath taken in, is new and helps the body survive; so every word our hearts take in should be new, inspired and pure; this God’s word is, and it helps save the body, soul, and spirit.