A Daily Devotion for Friday, May 1

Isaiah 43:14-21

This is what the LORD says—

your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

“For your sake I will send to Babylon

and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians,

in the ships in which they took pride.

I am the LORD, your Holy One,

Israel’s Creator, your King. ”

This is what the LORD says—

he who made a way through the sea,

a path through the mighty waters,

who drew out the chariots and horses,

the army and reinforcements together,

and they lay there, never to rise again,

extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

“Forget the former things;

do not dwell on the past.

See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness

and streams in the wasteland.

The wild animals honor me,

the jackals and the owls,

because I provide water in the wilderness

and streams in the wasteland,

to give drink to my people, my chosen,

the people I formed for myself

that they may proclaim my praise.”

I have always loved the verses we are looking at today, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” God’s promise to be with us through everything is so important to me. I am given permission to move on from what did not work out, or from past mistakes and sins, and God will be in my present and my future, showing me a new way. We have a God who is merciful and fills us with hope!

Thank you, Father, for these words today, which come just at a perfect time for me! I love you, Lord! Amen

Becky, transforming