“He
who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making all things new’” (Revelation
21:5) The new that God will bring about, both within us and among us,
cannot be commandeered, manipulated, or controlled. It can’t be contrived or forced. It can only be received. It is a gift, coming down out of heaven. Thus, our only job is to watch and wait and keep
our hands empty and open, which is much harder than it sounds.
But in order to be truly received, the new
must be fully taken hold of once it arrives.
It can’t just be seen and acknowledged; it must be lived. Which means that our old ways of being and
seeing must be surrendered and abandoned in order to give this new life room to
grow and take shape and take root within us.
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