“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert” (Isaiah 43:18-19)
One of the most amazing things I’ve observed in life is how people who keep doing the same things, in the same way, expect to have results different from what they’ve been having. But that’s never going to happen! You can’t do the same things you’ve been doing, in the same ways you’ve been doing them and expect different results. That, some have said, is one of the definitions of madness.
Even God at some point, said “I will do a new thing!” He gave the Israelites strict laws to follow, which they couldn’t. He thundered at Mount Sinai and they ran away from Him in fear! Finally, He won us over with love: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
So, get this straight today, if you want something different from what you’re experiencing now, you’ve got to take some radical steps and do things differently. You’ve got to change the old way of thinking and employ new ideas. Perhaps at work you’ve been noted as being the tardy employee, and now you’re expecting to have sterling recommendations and promotions from your bosses. First, you’d have to change the old order. Start practicing getting to work early; learn to sit down and finish your work on time, and be excellent at your job.
Or maybe you don’t pray and study your Bible regularly as you should yet you’re expecting to come out victoriously in life—that won’t happen, until you change things.
It’s time to sit down and review the way things have been going with you and determine the areas in which you’ve got to do things differently. Be specific; list those areas and consciously write out the new steps you’re going to take to change things, and then go for it! Don’t leave those things merely on paper; make them part of your personal development project and before long, your situation would have changed for the best.
Prayer
Dear Father, thank you for the inspiring thoughts which this message has birthed in my heart, help me to identify those areas where I must make definite changes, so I might chart a new course of success for my life. I commit myself to diligently following through with the decisions and plans you inspire me to make today, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study: Isaiah 43:18-19 GNB: “But the LORD says, “Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago. Watch for the new thing I am going to do. It is happening already—you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness and give you streams of water there” Proverbs 22:29: “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men”
(Taken by permission from Christ Embassy Church , aka Believer’s LoveWorld Ministries , Lagos, Nigeria. www.ChristEmbassy.org )
