Laced With Grace – Christian Devotions

“See, I am doing a new thing!”

By Lori December 30, 2006 Inspirational, Life

A New Year With The Lord

A new year is about to unfold
With new opportunities to explore
Doors will open for new experiences
New adventures with the Lord

Remember not the former things
The things of this past year
The Lord will do new things in us
Much more than we are aware

For He will make a way for us
As we put our trust in Him
And He will guide our every step
By His presence we have within

What God has placed within our hearts
We find we’ll be able to do
If we look for the opportunities
We’ll see the door to go through

We mustn’t let anything hold us back
But rise up and take our place
And be all that God wants us to be
With a fresh touch of His grace

© By M.S.Lowndes

Philippians 3:13-14 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

I love the fact we serve a God of new beginnings. I can not begin to tell you how many times I have had to have a new beginning. I stumble and fall, but God is there to dust me off and help me move forward. God tells us to always be looking for what is ahead, don’t dwell in the past. Keep the goal in sight.

Isaiah 43:19 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.

Sometimes a new beginning could be a change in course. The Lord could be leading you to where you would never guess you would go. For me it was blogging last year. If you even asked me what a blog was last January, I maybe could have mumbled out a response. But now the Lord has blessed me with so many new friendships, and now the blessing of writing a devotional each week. You can not begin to understand how the idea of me “writing” blows my mind, before blogging the only thing I wrote was my grocery list. But look at me now, this is ALL God not Laurel.
Like the verse in Isaiah you may be feeling like you are in a desert or wasteland, but God is there making a way through it all. Keep the goal in sight; know that new adventures are right around the corner. I can not begin to tell you how excited I am to see how God is going to move this next year for me. What about you? Are you excited? Are you ready if God says, “See, I am doing a new thing!”

Heavenly Father,

Thank you that you are a God of new beginnings. I don’t need to dwell in the past. No matter where I have been, or what I have done, you are there to help me start fresh. And you are there encouraging and pushing me toward the goal. Help me to be open to blessings that are unexpected. I thank you ahead of time for the things you will do in my life this next year. Amen

9 thoughts on ““See, I am doing a new thing!””

  1. stayathomemotherdom

    I am excited…apprehensive but excited. Still trying to surrender it all to Him.

  2. Sissy

    I love poetry!! and this was was very appropriate as we head into the new year. I must agree with “stayathomemotherdom”…I am excited but also apprehensive…I too started blogging in january of this year..and what a period of growth it has been…growth in Christ and in friendship…just what God has commanded of us!

  4. eph2810

    His mercies are new every morning – I hold on to that promise every single day. Yeah – I love the idea of God giving us second chances over and over. And yes, I am excited about looking forward to 2007 and what He has in store for my family, friends and myself.

  5. Heather

    Looking forward to all that is new. The number of new things that came about last year were amazing, some seemed good, some seemed bad, but in Him all these things are for my good and I willtrust that next years wil be good as well. What an awesome God we serve!