Perceiving the New Thing - Advent Season - Ryan Rhoden

Fully Alive in Christ

Isaiah 43:18-21 - "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. 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…for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.” God is not functioning based on our calendar, but He is at work within our rhythms and dates, and so for us, as a new year dawns, it makes sense that we would look to Him for a fresh direction, vision, or word for 2024. In another time and place, the people of Israel had been scattered - and God promised to rescue and save them for His honor and glory. As they waited for fresh direction from Him, this is what He spoke to them through the prophet Isaiah.