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All Things Are Made New<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cBe renewed in the spirit of your mind, and \u2026 put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.\u201d<\/em> Ephesians 4:23-24<\/p>\n

Yesterday, we looked at the fact that all created things, including our bodies, are in a continual state of decay. We know that just from looking in the mirror, don\u2019t we?<\/p>\n

It is interesting that, although all of creation is subjected to the futility of existing in a state of continual decomposition, God still promises new life. Babies are born. Spring brings new life of every sort. Warm days follow winter\u2019s cold, giving us all hope. Depression gives way to joy once again. A dead seed falls to the ground, germinates, and grows.<\/p>\n

The process of deterioration is truly temporary, because God provides deliverance! Romans 8:21 tells us that when mankind is redeemed, creation itself will also be set free from being a slave of decay, and will share our glory! While God cares for man, He also cares for His creation, and has made a plan to redeem it.<\/p>\n

Instead of focusing on what is falling apart, let\u2019s look at a few things God makes new.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert\u201d<\/em> (Isaiah 43:18-19). Do you need a road in your wilderness? Do you need rivers in your desert?<\/p>\n

\u201cFor behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind\u201d<\/em> (Isaiah 65:17).<\/u> We won\u2019t even think about what it was like!<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the Lord\u2019s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness\u201d <\/em>(Lamentations 3:22-23.) There are times when we really look forward to the mercy and compassion of the Lord\u2019s morning finally coming after a long, dark night of the soul.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new\u201d<\/em> (2 Corinthians 5:17).<\/p>\n

There will also be the new man (Colossians 3:10), a new name (Revelation 2:17), and a new song (Revelation 5:9).<\/p>\n

And then, the great declaration of our Lord Himself in Revelation 21:5: \u201cThen He who sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Does this give you hope? 2 Corinthians 4:16 says, \u201cTherefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

God promises to renew us in this life, and to resurrect us on a day to come. Do not lose heart!<\/p>\n

Lord, renew in us the hope of all things being made new. Do a new work in our hearts and lives. In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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