“Behold, I am doing a new thing. Don’t you perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19
When life has always been one way for many years, the thought that it can be different is hard to grasp. We quit praying. We stop dreaming. Our faith shrivels. We simply cease believing that God can, and will, do a new thing. Technically, we may know that He can because He is God. But our hearts live in dangerous territory ~ we fear His heart for us has switched off. He doesn’t love us enough to bless us with a different experience. Does this accurately describe where you are today? I lived this way for two decades.
On the wall in our family room is a beautiful piece of calligraphy. “Behold, I am doing a new thing. Don’t you perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 Of all messages I get to share with others who are in despair, this is at the top of the list. ‘Don’t give up on God! He is the One who makes something out of nothing. He is the One who turns deserts into springs! Just because it’s always been this way doesn’t mean there can’t be a miracle.’
I say this passionately because He did this for me. At a time when it appeared my life was over, God met me and encouraged me to embrace, by faith, the promises I hadn’t yet made mine. Today, I can’t recognize my old life and the people who used to be in it!
We must stay open to the expectation of God’s hand of blessing. What we’ve never had – God can easily produce. What has never been – can be – with a Father who finds it easy to make something out of nothing.
Lord, You know the places in my life where faith is difficult. I struggle to trust You in spite of everything You’ve already done. But I will not lose heart. Your power to maker a way is not in question. Amen
Daughters of promise 