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Sons of Kings
A NEW THING
by Dr. Jia Conway
REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER THINGS, NOR CONSIDER THE THINGS OF THE OLD. BEHOLD, I AM DOING A NEW THING; NOW IT SPRINGS FORTH, DO YOU NOT PERCEIVE IT? (ISAIAH 43:18-19 RSV)
Can we drive forward while looking in the rear-view mirror? What is the gain of living in the past as opposed to visiting the past for the gain of what should have been learned and not lived? The Word of God reminds us not only to forget the former things but that we are to not even consider the old things because they can cause us to miss what He is doing new.
Focusing on what was can be a holding pattern for what we miss or even what we thought we had lost. Whereas there may be some truth to your past of loss over gain, I want to encourage you, Sons, to not stay parked in the former things. Glean from your lean into the past, but don’t let it become a place of permanence that you actively participate in.
The more time you spend in the former of what was and is now considered to be old, the longer you rob yourself of what God is manifesting in your now. There is “A New Thing” that God is birthing right in front of you, but because your image is reflective of the former, you have not perceived what God is springing forth NEW. If you are going to move forward, you must be willing to forget what used to be, and even the way God used to do things, because He is doing something different RIGHT NOW!
God is the God of the present and the future, and He is not looking back at what was, as He is in forward motion to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that you could ask or imagine. Position yourselves, Sons of the King, and assume a posture of gratitude for the new thing that God is springing forth. In the new of God, you are strong, you have a sound mind, you are healthier, you have joy and peace, and you are being restored to the place where now is better than the latter.
Sons of a King, God is doing a new thing, and it is springing forth now; do you not perceive it?
