Leaning Into Brand New Things

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? Isaiah 43:19

Creator King,

Isaiah shared your hope with the Israelites

in a desperate season.

May we hear his call 

to “remember not the former things”—

old ways of entrenched sin, 

deeply rooted patterns of rebellion, 

relationships ripped apart by rudeness, 

lives lost to cancer or wrecked by addiction…

May we instead look toward the horizon 

and lean into the brand new things you are doing.

May we step faithfully

into the pathways 

carved through the wilderness 

by our Savior’s death and resurrection. 

May we drink deeply from the rivers of mercy 

that flow from the cross 

into the driest desert days of our lives. 

Wherever this word and prayer meets us today, Lord, 

strengthen us with the hope 

of the brand new thing 

you have already done; 

give us the faith to believe 

you will continue to do new things 

until we dwell with you forever 

in the new heavens and the new earth. 

In Jesus’ renewing name. Amen.

Read Isaiah 43:15-21.