Thursday I Am About to Do a New Thing

Today’s message was written by guest pastor, Rev. Hunter Camp.

The promise of new life in the Bible finds a vivid expression in the prophet Isaiah, chapter 43:19 “I am about to do a new thing,” declares the Lord. “Do you not perceive it?”

The verse, and the passage that surrounds the verse, remind us that the Lord can make a way when the way forward seems frightening or uncertain. We are reminded to look forward to the innovation that God will bring. “I am about to do a new thing,” declares the Lord. “Do you not perceive it?”

Even though this old, old text was not written with us in mind, Christians have always found comfort and hope in its words. The words from Isaiah reassure us that God is in the business of creating newness and possibility. God can make a way forward when the way forward seems inexact and daunting. God can make a way when the way seems hopeless—exactly because God is the very source of hope.

May you learn to look outside your own situation and look to God, the hope-giver who calls us to love and to serve. May you look towards God, who says to you, “I am about to do a new thing. “Do you not perceive it?”

Let us pray: God of history, thank you for the hope that is found in Jesus. Thank you for the first disciples who passed this hope forward. May you use us as vessels of hope for those who sit in darkness. Amen.