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A New Year A New Beginning

Isaiah 43:19 – “Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth.”

            A New Year brings new hope.  It provides an opportunity to make a new start.  Most people use this time to make “New Year’s Resolutions.” My prayer for you is that this will be a year of new beginnings.  A great way to start the year off right is to resolve to put God first in every area of your life.  Matthew 6:33 encourages, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

            Someone once told me, “God is no longer doing anything new.”  They quoted Ecclesiastes 1:9, “There is nothing new under the sun.”  We must not limit God to just what we have experienced in the past.  He is a creative God who does things differently and in new ways.  In Jeremiah 31:31 the prophet speaks of a time when God will make a new covenant with His people.

            The Lord longs to do new things in our lives. In this new year, He longs to open new doors of opportunities and release new resources. If we are going to make our relationship with the Lord a priority, we must ask the Lord to do two new things in this coming year.

First, we need to ask God for a new revelation of the Word of God.  The Bible is not just another book.  It is not one of the classics of literature.  It is a living book.  It is the inspired Word of the living God.  2 Timothy 3:16 reads, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instructions in righteousness.”  The Apostle Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:17, “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.”


Second, we need a fresh new anointing for the coming year.  Yesterday’s anointing will not be sufficient for the battles we will face.  We will need a new anointing to defeat the giants we are going to encounter in the new season ahead.  The anointing is cultivated through our daily devotional life.  David received the giant killing anointing by spending time in communion and fellowship with the Lord while he was shepherding his father’s sheep.

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