YEAR OF "NEW CREATION"

Everyone has something he or she wishes could be brand new! Whether it's something "new, and for the first time," or "made new all over again," there's a situation, issue, relationship, or circumstance about which everything would be "O so wonderfully better" if God would step in and put His "new creation" touch on—and change things as they are.

To the worldly cynic or the religious but faithless, such a proposition as "all things new" smacks of rose-colored-glasses optimism or pie-in-the-sky superstition. But to the individual whose grasp of God's Word exceeds technical identification of information, and enters the realm of prophetic revelation, the promise of "new creation" awaits appropriation and application.

Second Corinthians 5:17 declares the fact that when you or I are "in Christ," we have entered another dimension of possibilities. Not only is our ruined record in heaven's annals obliterated and a sinless, unstained account registered in our name before God's throne; but the miraculous potential of a transformed human nature is set in motion. "New Creation" changes our status in God's eyes and our capacities as human beings. The greatest challenges a human being could face are resolved herewith: the facts of our standing before God and the fabric of our character/conduct potential before man.

Any realistic understanding of those two "newnesses" should translate clearly to our envisioning unlimited possibilities within our "new creation" status in Christ. In other words, if God can change my eternal destiny and my personal character, there is nothing which concerns my life that's beyond the realm of possibility!

The call to make this a Year of New Creation is one I believe the Holy Spirit is issuing to each of us. I'm not relaying it as a call to wild-eyed speculation or silly adaptation. Rather, I'm inviting you to prayerfully open your soul—your mind, your thoughts, your emotions, your decision-making patterns—to heaven's divine possibilities.

There's not a shattered dream God can't rebuild, not a broken heart He can't mend, not a wounded family He can't heal, not a ruined relationship the Creator can't reconstruct. And there's not a "too much for me" promise that's out of reach if I simply take His hand. If that something you wish could be brand new seems too difficult to fathom as an actual possibility, don't discard it. Simply put it in the Lord's hands, with the prayer, "Dear God, I choose to believe You, the Creator of all things. You have proven Your ability to re-create the possibilities of my life forever, and You are able to create new things here-and-now. I put this [name the "something(s)"] in Your hand, and herewith walk with You into this Year of My Lord. I'm opening my heart to the possibilities of Your mightiness—beyond my limits, beyond my doubts, beyond my fears. In Jesus' Name—Amen."