Behold I will do a new thing....
Isaiah 43:19
God never changes yet He is always doing a new thing.
God wants to do a new thing in us so that He can do a new thing through us, because every new thing that God does always brings new life and blessing.
The prophet Isaiah paints this picture powerfully when he says:
“Behold I will do a new thing
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert”
Isaiah 43:19
The Jewish people were captive in Babylon and God was about to do something that would make a way out of their wilderness and create rivers of life in the midst of the desert of their captivity.
What God was about to do was unprecedented. God’s unfolding plan was not only going to bring freedom to the Jewish people but this road in the wilderness and these rivers in the desert were going to bring life and blessing to the whole world. Jesus is the Way in the wilderness and the Holy Spirit is the river in the desert bringing living waters to all mankind.
God has promised to make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
As we pray and fast we are making room for God to do a new thing in us. Let’s invite Him to make a road through our wilderness, to make rivers in our desert and for the Holy Spirit to bring new life to us and through us.
May the new thing that God does in us this new year and decade bring great blessing not only to us but to all those in our world.