NEW!

I have to admit that I greatly enjoy new things. One of my Christmas gifts this year was a new pair of jeans. I loved wearing them... mostly because they are new.

If you have ever had a new car, a new house or even a new shirt, then you understand the love of new. Some might argue that this is bad, but I really believe our love of new comes from the God who made us. Below are some verses that speak of God’s view of the new.

• Isaiah 43:18-19 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!
• Lamentations 3:22-23 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
• Psalm 33:3 Sing to him a new song… (9x in Scripture we are told to sing a “new song.”)
• Revelation 21:5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!"
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

In my devotions today, I was thinking about these verses and the fact that God is the creator of new mercies every day. He is making a new creation out of me and I am to ‘forget what is behind and strain toward what is before’ (Philippians 3:13).

This is a new day, a new year, a new decade. I can’t undo what was done yesterday. But, I can trust the God who is making all things new. The things I have goofed up, he can fix… better than new. The sins I have committed, he can forgive… cleaner than new. The good things I have, he can improve… “new and improved.”

This is the hope we have in Christ! Yesterday doesn’t control our tomorrows! I want Jesus to make my life and my world NEW!!!