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Isaiah 43:19 - A New Thing.

Isaiah 43:19 (NKJV) Behold, I will do a new 
thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not 
know it? I will even make a road in the 
wilderness And rivers in the desert.  

Isaiah 43:19 (NIV) See, I am doing a new 
thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I 
am making a way in the desert and streams in 
the wasteland.  

Isaiah 43:19 (NLT) For I am about to do 
something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not 
see it? I will make a pathway through the 
wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.  

COMMENTARY PEARL

A Surprising Source of Spiritual Growth
   We might be surprised by this, but 
spiritual refreshment and growth often come from times 
of spiritual testing. 
   Speaking through the prophet Isaiah, God 
said, I will make a pathway through the 
wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland 
 Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland 
so my chosen people can be refreshed (Isaiah 
43:19-20 NLT). 
   Its in the wasteland, the hardships, 
and the difficulties that we often experience 
God in a way that we dont experience Him 
anywhere else. We want to live on the mountaintops, 
but spiritual fruit doesnt grow there. It 
grows in valleys. It grows in times of 
difficulty. 
   James wrote, Dear brothers and 
sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, 
consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you 
know that when your faith is tested, your 
endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for 
when your endurance is fully developed, you will 
be perfect and complete, needing nothing 
(James 1:2-4 NLT). 
   Maybe youre facing a time of hardship 
right now. Maybe youve just had the bottom drop 
out in life, and youre wondering why this is 
happening. You might be thinking, Im a Christian. 
Im walking with Jesus, and this hardship has 
befallen me. What have I done to deserve this? 
   Christians will face trials in life - for 
their own good. Jesus said, Here on earth you 
will have many trials and sorrows. But take 
heart, because I have overcome the world (John 
16:33 NLT). Notice that Jesus didnt say you 
might have trials and sorrows. Rather, He said you 
will have them. 
   God allows us to go through tests to make 
sure we really know what we say we know. And He 
allows hardships in our lives so we will grow up 
spiritually. [Greg Laurie from Harvest Ministries; 
https://www.harvestdaily.com] 

CLOSING PEARL

   What will God do for you? I cannot say. 
Those who claim they can predict the miracle are 
less than honest. God's help, while ever present, 
is ever specific. It is not ours to say what 
God will do. Our job is to believe he will do 
something. It simply falls to us to stand up, take up, 
and walk. 
   Jesus is serious about this command. When 
he found the just-healed man from the pool of 
Bethesda in the temple, he told him, "See, you have 
been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing 
come upon you" (John 5:14 NKJV). To indulge in 
inertia is to sin! Stagnant do-nothingness is deemed 
as a serious offense. 
   No more Bethesda for you. No more waking 
up and going to sleep in the same mess. God 
dismantled the neutral gear from your transmission. He 
is the God of forward motion, the God of 
tomorrow. He is ready to write a new chapter in your 
biography. 
   Turn the page. [You Can Count On God by 
Max Lucado] 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

Isaiah 43:18, 19 - A New Thing.

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20220703-0826.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210306-1000.html 

Isaiah 43:18, 19 - Serendipity and Expecting 
the Unexpected. 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2020/20200215-1231.html 

Isaiah 43:18, 19 - A Fresh Beginning.

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2017/20171227-0950.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2017/20170101-1005.html 

Isaiah 43:18 - The Past Should Not Be Your 
Focus. 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2005/20050413-1006.html 

LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT

https://abible.com/links/