New Things #2 - A New us!
As we draw this series to a close, we end with a great comfort. We've been talking about new normals and the new things that God is doing.
- We've seen the danger of being stuck in the past and conversely we've been warned about throwing the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.
- We've seen how Daniel and his friends navigated their new reality
- We've contemplated wine and wineskins and clothes and patches.
- We've realised that we have to swim against the currents of societal norms and preferences and that we have to learn to grow where we are planted if we want to see God's plan unfold in our lives.
- We've seen how people get stuck in the past like those who wept when the temple was being rebuilt.
- We've seen how comfort can distract us and cause us to forget.
All in all - facing new realities is a tall order!
The good news is that not only does God bring new circumstances into our lives, but He also makes us new on the inside! We don't have to face new circumstances by ourselves: God is powerfully, beautifully and mysteriously at work in us, transforming us and making us new so that we can face our new normals!
| Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (2Corinthians4:16 ) |
(That brings us to the end of our short series on "New Normals." I hope you have enjoyed it. On Tuesday we'll begin a series for Lent.)
