Have you ever thought of God as same-old-same-old?
I posed that question this morning to the men’s group I spoke to in Hannibal. The general consensus was that God is never that way, but our lives often are.
I shared this scripture and talked about what it meant to me (Hannibal Devotions) in the context of Rich’s Ride.
Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19
Then I gave them my “Rich’s Paraphrase Version” of lines 3 & 4.
“I’m doing something new and creative with your messed-up life. It’s right in front of you. Open your eyes!”
I invited them to look around, to imagine that right now, right where we were, God was doing a new thing with each of our lives.
It was pretty cool. Maybe the neatest insight came from a guy who stopped afterward to say he looked at the other folks around the table differently. He saw people who had exciting new developments happening in their lives, right now, right in front of his eyes.
I hadn’t considered that angle. On the sidewalk outside, a young lady walked past. I had no idea where she was headed, but I knew one thing: God was doing something new and amazing in her life.
I wonder if she perceived it.
How about you? Do you see yourself, or those around you, as same-old-same-old? Are you willing to perceive God’s new thing?
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