MORNING MANNA 5-28-24
ALL NEW– NOTHING OLD
“And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new-“- Revelation 21:5.
Do you ever get tired of things not being the person you ought to be? Sure you do – if you are a Christian. We all long for change. Every Christian grows weary of the sin, selfishness, and suffering to which we are exposed in this fallen world. Sometimes it seems that change for the better will never come—but we are wrong. Not only will there be gradual changes for the better (1 Cor. 5:17), there will come a time when we will be totally transformed. Our blessed Lord will make all things new and perfect. Charles Spurgeon said it well:
“Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are sadly battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture was rolled up and laid aside, and that creation put on her Sunday suit. But no one else can make all things new except the LORD who made them at the first; for it needs as much power to make out of evil as to make out of nothing. Our LORD Jesus has undertaken the task, and He is fully competent for the performance of it. Already he has commenced His labor, and for centuries He has persevered in making new the hearts of men and the order of society. By and by He will make new the whole constitution of human government, and human nature shall be changed by His grace; and there shall come a day when the body shall be made new and raised like unto His glorious body. What a joy to belong to a kingdom in which everything is being made new by the power of its King! We are not dying out: we are hastening on to a more glorious life. Despite the opposition of the powers of evil, our glorious LORD Jesus is accomplishing His purpose and making us, and all things about us, “new” and as full of beauty as when they first came from the hand of the LORD.”
Fixing our focus on the future, having faith that it shall be as the Lord promised , gives us the encouragement to keep going when life is difficult. We rest assured that “ our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”(2 Cor.4:17).- HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
