God Creates New

 Have you ever noticed how many times in scripture the word ‘new’ is mentioned?  

Many times throughout the Bible we hear of God making all things 'new.' 

Let me give you a quick review of what we have heard over, and over, though out our lives:

¹⁸ Do not remember the former things,

   or consider the things of old. 

¹⁹ I am about to do a new thing;

   now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? (is. 43)

¹⁷ For I am about to create new heavens

and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered

or come to mind.(Is. 65)

31 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. ³²It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. ³³But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ³⁴No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, ‘Know the Lord’, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. (Jere. 31)

, ‘Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.’ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, 

‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!’(Luke 2)

12 After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. ¹⁴So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. ³⁴I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. ³⁵By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’(John 13)

^18…..for I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.’ ¹⁹Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ ²⁰And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.(Luke 22)

What I am wondering, is God doing a ‘new’ thing in our world these days?

It seems to me that the winds of the Spirit are moving mightily across our nations — our world.

There is a breeze of hope mounting with the promise of a new day.