God’s New ThingIsaiah 43:18-22

Will it be more of the same old thing or will it be seeking God’s

new thing?

God’s New ThingIsaiah 43:18-22

The Same Old Thing?

• Will I keep doing the “same old thing?”

• Will I find God’s “new thing”?

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing …-Isaiah 43:18-19

A New Thing Instead of the Same Old Thing

I need to realize and I need to realize and understand that God often understand that God often has new things for me has new things for me

There is not better time There is not better time to seek Godto seek God’’s new s new things than now!things than now!

A New Thing

Many of Many of GodGod’’s people s people do not do not seekseek for and therefore do not for and therefore do not seesee God God’’s new things for thems new things for them

Now it springs up; Now it springs up; do do you not perceive ityou not perceive it? ? Yet you have not Yet you have not called upon me. called upon me. – Isaiah – Isaiah 43:19,2243:19,22

A New Thing

GodGod’’s new thing usually s new thing usually involves a involves a supernatural supernatural provision provision for an impossible, for an impossible, unreasonable, and too unreasonable, and too expensive taskexpensive taskI am I am making a way making a way in the in the desert and streams in desert and streams in the wasteland. Yet you the wasteland. Yet you have not called upon me have not called upon me … … – Isaiah – Isaiah 43:19,2243:19,22

A New Thing

The Bible is jam-packed with The Bible is jam-packed with stories of Godstories of God’’s people who s people who left the left the ““status quostatus quo”” for God for God’’s s new thing. new thing.

Therefore since we are Therefore since we are surrounded by such a surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses , great cloud of witnesses , let us throw of let us throw of everything that hinders everything that hinders … Hebrews 12:1… Hebrews 12:1

A New Thing

GodGod’’s new thing for Noah:s new thing for Noah:

A lifetime project that was A lifetime project that was scoffed and mocked by all scoffed and mocked by all – Genesis 6-8– Genesis 6-8

A A ““new thingnew thing”” that rescued that rescued his family from his family from destructiondestruction!!

A New Thing

GodGod’’s new thing for s new thing for Abraham:Abraham:

Leaving a place of comfort Leaving a place of comfort and luxury for and luxury for an unknown an unknown place of untold blessingplace of untold blessing – – Genesis 12:1-8Genesis 12:1-8A A ““new thingnew thing”” that birthed that birthed

a people who would birth a people who would birth our Messiah.our Messiah.!!

A New Thing

GodGod’’s new thing for Caleb:s new thing for Caleb:

Past retirement age, GodPast retirement age, God’’s s new thing was Calebnew thing was Caleb’’s s greatest accomplishment. – greatest accomplishment. – Joshua 14:6-14Joshua 14:6-14Some of the worldSome of the world’’s s

greatest treasures were greatest treasures were provided by those provided by those ““over over the hillthe hill””

A New Thing

GodGod’’s new thing for Deborah:s new thing for Deborah:

She stepped out of the She stepped out of the traditional role of women to do traditional role of women to do what man was unwilling to do. – what man was unwilling to do. – Judges 4 Judges 4

Some things will never get Some things will never get done unless a woman done unless a woman breaks cultural and breaks cultural and expected norms expected norms

A New Thing

GodGod’’s new thing for Esther:s new thing for Esther:

She risked her life to rescue her She risked her life to rescue her nation from certain destruction nation from certain destruction – – Esther 4 Esther 4

The eternal must always The eternal must always hold for us greater value hold for us greater value than the temporal than the temporal

A New Thing

GodGod’’s new thing for Paul:s new thing for Paul:

He forsook his religious He forsook his religious tradition and received rejection tradition and received rejection and persecution for his new and persecution for his new faith.faith. – – Acts 9, 2 Corinthians Acts 9, 2 Corinthians 11:22-3311:22-33The world had been forever The world had been forever changed by his preaching changed by his preaching the Gospel and writing the Gospel and writing ScriptureScripture

GodGod’’s new thing for us:s new thing for us:•Our Our new thing new thing requires us to requires us to never look back but only forwardnever look back but only forward

•Our Our new thing new thing springs forth, we springs forth, we must pray for it and perceive itmust pray for it and perceive it

•Our Our new thing new thing requires Divine requires Divine interventionintervention

•Our Our new thing new thing requires personal requires personal initiation and dedication initiation and dedication

My heavenly Father,My heavenly Father,I totally and completely surrender I totally and completely surrender myself to your will. I donmyself to your will. I don’’t want to miss t want to miss the new thing you have for me now. the new thing you have for me now. Please show me what it is. I will trust Please show me what it is. I will trust you for your supernatural power and you for your supernatural power and provision for it. By faith, I commit provision for it. By faith, I commit myself to the completion of the new myself to the completion of the new thing you have for me. thing you have for me.