12/07/20 WHAT’S NEW? #2 — Isaiah 43:18-19 (HCSB) Do not remember the past events, pay no attention to things of old. 19 Look, 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, RIVERS IN THE DESERT.

Deliverances of the nation in the past will pale into insignificance in comparison with the future deliverance the Lord will give His people… In the Messiah's future kingdom, the barren places of Israel will be well-watered and will supply refreshment for God's chosen people (adapted from The MacArthur Study Bible).

You can find many verses in the Bible to build a pretty strong case that God is utterly unchangeable and predictable. BUT you can find just as many verses that challenge us to remember that God is frequently up to something NEW, something no one could have foreseen (unless He revealed it to them).

For so many churches it’s so easy to keep doing exactly what they’ve been doing. But “if you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you’ll keep getting what you’ve been getting!” And, for most American churches, that’s not good enough. Ask God to do something entirely new and to tell your leaders about it so that all of you can be part of God’s solution instead of part of the problem!