Isaiah 43:18 “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. 19 Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.”
One of the biggest mistakes any of us can ever make is assuming that God will act in the same way every time. That assumption tells more about us than it does about God. God is the Creator of the Universe; he is doing new things all the time. Every moment of every day there are new leaves appearing on trees, new insects, new baby animals, new baby humans. And although one baby human might look like another, if you check finger prints or retinal prints, each one is unique. Even when God sends snow, no two snow flakes are exactly alike.
When you’ve been struggling with the same problems for a long time, it’s natural to assume that nothing is ever going to change. Unfortunately, dragging that mind set into a new year is a lot like dragging a sack of garbage around behind you; not only will it not help, but the garbage just gets stinkier and stinkier! God wants you to dump the garbage. As long as you are dragging a garbage bag with both hands, you can’t open your hands to receive anything new from God.
“Making a way in the wilderness” is not simple. The land of Israel is full of hills and rocks; in the Israeli wilderness, there are a few well – beaten paths because the landscape is so rugged. But God assures us that He can make a way in the wilderness, that “He can make a way where there seems to be no way.” Throughout the Israeli desert, there are dry stream beds. Only at certain times of the year will these streams run bank to bank with water. But God assures us that he can send His healing water – His grace, His love, His joy into places that have never even seen such things. God can send grace, love, joy, and peace into every corner of our lives, if we will only let Him. Today, drop the garbage! Give the garbage to God and allow Him to make new paths for you and give you overflowing grace and mercy.
PRAYER Father God, please help us to leave the garbage of our old lives behind so that we can receive everything new that you have for us. Help us to see that you are making new paths for our feet and that you are going to give us streams in the driest places of our lives. In the Mighty and Precious Name of Jesus, Amen.
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