Isaiah 43:16-19
"Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty watts; Who brings forth chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old, Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert."
Ecclesiastes 3:1
"To every thing, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven, to every thing there is a season!"
I talk to so many people on a regular basis who are looking for the "new season" of God in their lives. I thing we have gotten that backwards on so many levels, because according to this scripture, it's not the "thing" that accompanies the "season", it's vice versa. The seasons of God accompany the things of God in our lives. Is it mere semantics? I don't think so. Read on…
Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, "Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, is insanity." You can't keep doing the same "thing" that you've always been doing and expect a fresh and new anointing on your life. It's when you make a decision to do things differently that God will bring you into a new season. I have also heard so many people say, "Well, it's all in due season." While that sounds good and logical, God has been trying to get some people into their due season for so long that it's now their "past due season"! Their healing is past due, their victory is past due, their blessing is past due. You know that you're supposed to have been further along than you are, but the truth is…you're past due! I call you out of your past due season, into the new thing and the new season that God has for you.
Philippians 3:13
"Brethren, I count no myself to have apprehended; but this one "thing" I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching for those "things" which are before."
Paul understood that it's the "new things" of God that ushers you into the "new season" of God. The new thing for you could be a new ministry assignment, a new relationship, a change in an old relationship, a new business adventure, a shift in location. There is no end to the new things of God in your life and the new possibilities that await you. Approximately two thousand years ago, God showed up to do a new thing in Bethlehem, but they had no room for him. What about the city of your heart? Is there room for a new thing or are you full? Sometimes, we have to let go of a few "things" in order for God to do something new in us and through us. I think it might be time to take an inventory and perhaps a little bit of house cleaning.
There are no Accidents with God!
Everything that God does is always on purpose and He will move circumstances around in your life to fulfill those purposes. Even when there are things that happen that aren't His perfect will, He never wastes an opportunity to redemptively use the circumstances of your life to bring you into His plans and purposes for your life. By the way, no matter what you may have ever been told, you are not an accident…there are no accidents with God! You were born at the right time, into the right family, in the right place and God has an amazing destiny for you. Your life is not up for grabs! You are a child of purpose, you were born with a purpose and God intends for you to be a channel of His blessing and favor upon your family, your friends and even unto the nations.
I prophetically call you into your season of Purpose!
Leave Your Past behind You…
In this passage, God intentionally tells Israel to "forget the former things". Listen, everything that God has for you, is in front of you. Your blessing is not in the past, it's in the NOW and in the days that are still before you. You can't afford to get hung up in the failures of your former life, the mistakes that you have made in the past or the experiences that you have walked through. It's time to forgive those that have hurt you, to make restoration with those that you have offended and to find peace with yourself in terms of what you've done or who you were in the past. Hear me clearly! Your past does not define you and your past does not determine who you are or what you will do in the future! In the words of a popular Disney song; "Let it Go!" You've come through some hard times, you've faced some storms, you may have missed a few seasons of blessing, and you may have even missed God in the past. But so what? That was then and this is now! God is doing a new thing with a new season and it's "springing up", He's launching you into a new purposes and His plans are being unfolded in you and through you. You must be careful not to miss the new things of God simply because you can't let go of the "former things".
Hebrews 11:1
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Your faith is the substance of things, your faith is the evidence of things. It's when you rise up, activate your faith and embrace the new things of God that He will usher you into a brand new season of life and purpose and even anointing. You are coming into a new season when something new is going to occur. Make room for it, get ready for it and be careful not to allow your past to keep you from walking in the fullness of your future. You are the apple of God's eye, and the new thing that He is bringing you into holds tremendous opportunity. Lift up your head, rise up in expectancy, put your mistakes behind you, let go of the pain and get ready for the new thing and the new season!!
"Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; don't miss it! I am making a way for you in the wilderness and even rivers in the desert."
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