215//be ready//

Isaiah 43:16-19 (the message)

"This is what God says, the God who builds a road right through the ocean, who carves a path through pounding waves ... "Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new. It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands..."


What freshness and hope that floods our souls and minds when we read this miracle word. Maybe there isn't even too much to elaborate on with this beauty, but rather much to meditate on as we try to comprehend our precious Father. This is our perfect and beautiful God: the One who makes a way when there is no way in sight. The God who sees your situation and breathes fresh life into it when it seems like all hope is gone. The God who isn't satisfied for you to be doing the same stuff over and over again, but wants something more for you (and thinks you can handle something more, bigger, better, more cost etc. etc.).

And the advice we get is to be alert and to be present. Present in today. We must know where we have come from, and at the same time (even more so), ready in the here and now for what is to come. He is about to do something brand-new and something wonderful in your heart and life. We must not get caught up relishing in the goodness of an era gone by (although memories and good old times are wonderful and necessary for the heart and soul), but we must always be moving forward and ready for the next new exciting thing God wants to do in our families, our work place, our art, our churches and our community. He is so good, and He is always evolving our insides and making us perfect. Keep growing and desiring to change and be a better person. You will need it for what God wants to do in your life. Start making a list of the things you want and need God's new, divine life in, think about the history of your life and what part of it you give too much of your mind to. He creates roads in the most deadest of deadest ends, He brings life into death, and He brings something new to the old areas of your life. Be alert, be present. Don't fall behind, be ready.
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