Behold, I do a new thing
Dear CBC Family,
Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:18–19 (ESV)
Many people try to hold on to the past, but we must remember that the past is past and no amount of holding on to it will ever change it. We should enjoy each day that we have right now, and we cannot do that if we are living, or stuck, in the past.
There are many reasons why people will not let go of the past. Sometimes they feel the past was great and they don’t see how anything else could ever be so good, so they live in the past instead of enjoying the present and feeling hopeful about the future. Sometimes they can no longer do the things they once did, and instead of realizing their value in the present, they rest on their accomplishments from previous years.
As an example, let’s think about a great football quarterback who won championships and became known as one of the greatest of all time. In the height of his career, he sustained an injury so serious that he could never play football again. For years afterward, he talked about “the good old days†and how much he loved playing football, scoring touchdowns, and beating other teams. His sons and grandsons begged him to teach them how to throw, and the local high school team invited him to coach their young quarterback or even to give a motivational speech. He never did any of that because he was stuck in the past, unwilling to accept what had happened to him, let it go, and move forward.
Not all life-changing injuries affect the physical body. Debilitating things can also impact our minds and break our hearts. When those things happen, just like the quarterback, we can choose to fix our eyes on what life was like for us before those events and dwell on them for years, or we can decide to take Isaiah’s advice and not remember the past. We can look ahead in faith that God is doing a new thing and that the days before us can be better than the ones behind us.
These are very wise words for where we are as a church. Some things are changing. Some things are getting added and some things are being taken away. All of these changes are placing us into the position where God will be doing some new things. I am excited and I hope you are as well.
Please register online (here) for the Summer Fellowship BBQ on Sunday, August 4th.
We ordered all the equipment for our new podcast. We want to address issues that others aren’t. If you have any questions for it, please send them to me. I am looking to do our first episode as a discussion with a Palestinian and talk about the land, unrest and what the Bible says. Pray the Lord will provide the right person to have this interview with.
This weekend we have a sermon from the Lord. He and I are wrestling through that today. Back to the books.
Blessings,
Pastor Scott
PS – As I just read this I think I may have found the message in Isaiah’s verses. A new thing…
Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:18–19 (ESV)
Many people try to hold on to the past, but we must remember that the past is past and no amount of holding on to it will ever change it. We should enjoy each day that we have right now, and we cannot do that if we are living, or stuck, in the past.
There are many reasons why people will not let go of the past. Sometimes they feel the past was great and they don’t see how anything else could ever be so good, so they live in the past instead of enjoying the present and feeling hopeful about the future. Sometimes they can no longer do the things they once did, and instead of realizing their value in the present, they rest on their accomplishments from previous years.
As an example, let’s think about a great football quarterback who won championships and became known as one of the greatest of all time. In the height of his career, he sustained an injury so serious that he could never play football again. For years afterward, he talked about “the good old days†and how much he loved playing football, scoring touchdowns, and beating other teams. His sons and grandsons begged him to teach them how to throw, and the local high school team invited him to coach their young quarterback or even to give a motivational speech. He never did any of that because he was stuck in the past, unwilling to accept what had happened to him, let it go, and move forward.
Not all life-changing injuries affect the physical body. Debilitating things can also impact our minds and break our hearts. When those things happen, just like the quarterback, we can choose to fix our eyes on what life was like for us before those events and dwell on them for years, or we can decide to take Isaiah’s advice and not remember the past. We can look ahead in faith that God is doing a new thing and that the days before us can be better than the ones behind us.
These are very wise words for where we are as a church. Some things are changing. Some things are getting added and some things are being taken away. All of these changes are placing us into the position where God will be doing some new things. I am excited and I hope you are as well.
Please register online (here) for the Summer Fellowship BBQ on Sunday, August 4th.
We ordered all the equipment for our new podcast. We want to address issues that others aren’t. If you have any questions for it, please send them to me. I am looking to do our first episode as a discussion with a Palestinian and talk about the land, unrest and what the Bible says. Pray the Lord will provide the right person to have this interview with.
This weekend we have a sermon from the Lord. He and I are wrestling through that today. Back to the books.
Blessings,
Pastor Scott
PS – As I just read this I think I may have found the message in Isaiah’s verses. A new thing…
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