“God Is Doing a New Thing”
43:16-21ESV
“16 Thus says the Lord,
who makes a way in the sea,
a path in the mighty waters,
17 who brings forth chariot and horse,
army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
18 “Remember not the former things,
nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
20 The wild beasts will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches,
for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
21 the people whom I formed for myself
that they might declare my praise.”
Remember “The Red Sea Moment”!
The God who delivered you before is still the God who delivers you now.
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.”
Two Dangers of the Past
1. The Past Can Hold Us with Pain
2. The Past Can Hold Us with Nostalgia
God says,“Don’t let the past—good or bad—blind you to My present and My future.”
Why do you think people fail to perceive the new thing?
Sometimes, we tend to look for the “Spectacular” and miss the “Supernatural”
Before, God made a way through the sea. Now, He makes a way in the wilderness.
John 14:6, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”
2 Corinthians 5:17, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.”
Three Truths about the New thing:
. The New Thing Comes in Hard Places
. The New Thing Will Not Look Like the Old Thing
Red Sea = waters were parted.
Wilderness = a path was created.
Desert = water was supplied.
Same God. New methods.
. The New Thing Benefits Others Around You
In John 7:37–39, Jesus declares, “Whoever believes in me… rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
John 4:13–14 “The water I give will become… a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
“The people whom I formed for Myself
that they might declare My praise.”
- He wants us to Rediscover Our Identity
- He wants us to Declare His Praise
Your story becomes someone else’s encouragement.
Your breakthrough becomes someone else’s life-line.
1 Peter 2:9, “You are a chosen people… that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness.”
If He made a way before—He will do it again.
Not everything from this year belongs in the next.
“What are you calling me to lay down so I can step into the new thing?”
The question is not “Can God do it?”
The question is “Can you perceive it?”
Wilderness is where God clears the noise.
Wilderness is where God shapes character.
Wilderness is where God teaches trust.
Sometimes the new thing blooms because of the wilderness—not in spite of it.
If God calls you into a new season, He will provide for you in that season.
As we close this year and step into a new one, may our prayer be:
“Lord, give me eyes to see the new thing You are doing, Give me faith to embrace it and walk into it, and Give me courage to leave the past behind.”
This year—let the new thing spring forth.