Once, during my daily devotion, I read a scripture in Isaiah that caught my attention.
“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert” (Isaiah 43:18-19 KJV).
Are we trying to put God in a box when we say, “This is my experience, so this is how it has to be?” God tells us that although He is a God that never changes in character, He does indeed change the way in which He deals with mankind.
The Israelites seemed to be having trouble either understanding their place in the eyes of the Lord, or they were intentionally ignorant of His power in their lives and history. This scripture reminds them of their redemption from Egyptian bondage, followed by the assurance that the same God who did those incredible feats will do something just as miraculously startling in the days ahead. How exciting!
This was a message to people stuck between the past and the future. They had experienced God in an incredible way, and in reminding them of these things, God was telling them to trust in His faithfulness and His power. Do not rely on the events in your history, but trust for new experiences with Him today!
Do not rely on the events in your history, but trust for new experiences with Him today
Brandon Crooker
God called them and is now calling us to forget what is behind and look into what is to come. God said He was going to do a new thing. Do we really believe He wants a new daily experience for us today?
In the Message translation, it puts it this way:
“This is what God says, the God who builds a road right through the ocean, who carves a path through pounding waves, The God who summons horses and chariots and armies—they lie down and then can’t get up; they’re snuffed out like so many candles: Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands. Wild animals will say ‘Thank you!’—the coyotes and the buzzards—Because I provided water in the desert, rivers through the sunbaked earth, Drinking water for the people I chose, the people I made especially for myself, a people custom-made to praise me.” (Isaiah 43:16-21 MSG)
God who built roads through the ocean and carved a path through the sea is making roads in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The places where there was no water, now there will be. Where there was no way, now there is a way.
God who built roads through the ocean and carved a path through the sea is making roads in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Brandon Crooker
In the sermon on the mount, Jesus said, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6 KJV).
I don’t know about you, but I am tired of the same old same old, and I am looking for the new thing, the new way, the new river that springs up in the dry places. God already said that He would do it for you, but will you allow it? Will you hunger and thirst for it, allowing yourself to be filled anew?
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