“Something brand new”

Forget about what has happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands. Isaiah 43:18-19 MSG

Verse Reflection:  Grace is magnificent.  It eliminates the past and gives us unimaginable hope for the future.  Making a road through the desert is how I have felt on this journey.  I trudge through the sand, moving the sand from the right to the left and then I turn and see that the sand has folded into the landscape and disappeared.  But the problem is I have tried to create the road on my own.  I need to have a peaceful confidence that Christ is making this road.  He is bringing water into the desert.  God is “about to do something brand-new”.  Hallelujah, God be praised.  We can have perfect-peace and know that Christ has overcome the world and therefore has overcome our challenges.  We are inviting Him on this journey with us.  That is all the difference.  We are going to tell Him over and over that we trust Him.  The past is gone and today is brand-new.  Fear of failure is gone because we are no longer dependent on ourselves.  God is changing us, He is changing our choices.  He will walk with You everyday.  We are going to achieve the victorious life that God has promised us.  We will forget my failures and we will celebrate with God the victory we will have today.  We will look at our past as a beautiful opportunity for God to show His transformative power.  We must not miss the opportunity to be alert.  It is too easy to just run to a meal and eat it quickly.  God’s power and glory is at work.  We need to stop and acknowledge it.  We must be alert and thank God for this power, we must be present and allow God to convict us in our choices.

Prayer:  I know that You are able to do “far more than I have asked”.  If you can create roads in the middle of sand, changing me is easy.  I want to live in the joy of Your “bursting out”.  Let me walk through the door of light You burst out of and allow me to see a view I have never seen because You have taken me to new heights.  God, You can multiply my weakness and in so doing create a strength.  Do not let me teeter on the edges of my inadequacies, my inabilities.  You can change me forever.  You promise me that you are about to do something brand-new.  My soul sings with this promise.  This hope protects me from my own feelings that sabotage my ability to eat Your wonderful foods.  Nothing can stop us Christ if we work together on healthy eating choices.  Lord, I know that seven days of eating healthy will only equal one pound.  The world has told me that this is not enough.  And yet, You promise me a river in the badland.  I will either weigh more in seven days or less in seven days.  I choose to walk with Your transformative power in this journey that will change my life until the day I join You in heaven.  Seven days at a time we are going to “do something brand-new” in my life.  Thank You for creating this new road through the sifting sand of my life.  I adore You and trust You with all my heart and soul.