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Thursday, October 4, 2012

A "New Thing" Called JOY



Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  God has a new batch prepared especially for you!  Leave yesterday’s and taste today’s fresh serving of JOY.

            In Isaiah 43 we read about the Israelites as they were about to leave Egypt and the oppression that they had suffered for so long.  They had cried out to God and he heard & delivered them.  He told them in verses 18 -19, “Forget the former things; do not dwell in the past. See, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”

            It is easy to get caught up in the things of the past, isn’t it?  And though we never should forget God’s faithfulness through the years, we don’t need to dwell on the “former things” that can keep us from being all He intends for us to become.  Throughout God’s Word He urges His people to put the past behind and press forward.   God has our future in His hands. We don’t have to know exactly what that “looks like”  until He reveals it in His perfect timing. 

            Many of us try to analyze and write our own set of plans. But there is a big difference in being prepared and taking control.  God wants us to be prepared by drawing closer to Him with each passing day, growing spiritually by studying His word and obeying His commands. But never forget that HE is the one in control…and He knows best! Let’s follow His leading and find new JOY. 

             Forget the former thingsand let God do a “new thing” in your life! The “new thing” will be filled with JOY…made especially for you!


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