My husband is an avid movie watcher and I have been... blessed, to watch many movies with titles that I would have NEVER thought twice about ever watching! Most of the time I start off uninterested. You know, reading a book, painting my nails, walking in and out while flat ironing my hair. Slowly, I find myself engrossed in the plot. I am adding up all the facts and clues and predicting what will happen next. I triumph in my ability to know what happened and what will happen next. MANY times, just when I think I have it figured out, some new element comes onto the scene! My reaction to this is always different: surprise, confusion, happiness... it sure would have been nice to see that coming!
At times, my life is a reflection of my awesome movie-watching habits! :) I know what has happened and THINK I know how it's going to go in the future. I may get suprised or frustrated when things are not happening exactly how I thought or planned. This morning I read:
Isaiah 42:9
"See, the former things have taken place, and NEW things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you."
See, I think God likes to bring new stuff into the movie of our life.
Looking back, I see how God was always doing something new. We may be so caught up in the former things that we fail to see all the NEW things that God is doing or they take us by surprise. I love that the first part of this verse starts with the word SEE. God wants us to see the former things so that we can place it as part of the past. It is not always easy to put the former things behind us. We get stuck, we are hurt, we are afraid to let go, but we have a promise from a faithful God that he will and IS doing something new. Once the former things are in their right place, we can more readily enjoy and embrace all the new things. The Lord even says that he will announce them to us before they come into being. Wouldn't it be nice to have glimpse of what God will do next? I think the key is taking time to ask Him and hear what He is saying.
Matthew 7:7 states "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
Putting this into practice definitely takes some faith!
Today, I sat still in silence, and let God show me some new things that are to come. New things to pray for, to believe for and to look forward to; new ideas, thoughts, inspiration and words from Him. New comfort, peace, strength, love, forgiveness. His mercies are new each morning. God has new things for us.
AMEN! Great blog, thanks for sharing what He is teaching you :-)
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