Something New

By calling this covenant "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. Hebrews 8:13

This verse is about the covenant God had established with his Old Testament people. Through Jesus we have a new and better covenant. A covenant that is not dependent upon what we do, but upon what God has done.

But there is something else that spoke to me in this verse. It says, "what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear."

It seems our God does not give much time to what is worn out. The tried and true that is no longer very true does not impress him much.

Our God is a God of new beginnings. He is a God of fresh starts. Isaiah 48:6 says, "from now on I will tell you of new things."

Something new is on the horizon. God has a new direction in store for us. How do I know that? With God there is always something new!

Yet, the new is sometimes intimidating. There is fear of the unknown. There is fear of failure. But what is fear? I once heard the definition of fear as: "False Evidence Appearing Real."

We need not fear. We have God's promise - "My Spirit remains among you. Do not fear." Haggai 2:5

So what is God saying? This is what I hear him saying: "And now for something totally different . . ."