Thanksgiving Day Psalm

New

He desires that all things in relation to HIm be New

New Creations, having the old being purged, replaced forever by the New! ^{(2 Cor 5:17)}

It is not the exteriors He desires but a New heart and New spirit...His New creation ^{(Gal 6:15, Ez 11:19; 18:31: 36:26)}

He carefully planned a New covenant with his people, not because the old was deficient but because the New was personally acquired by Him ^{(Jer. 31:31; Lk 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25, Heb 8:13, 9:10)}

It was a relationship built on mature commitment, not in detail-bound written arrangement but upon risky vows, the New way of the Spirit ^{(Rom 7:6)}

Why this infatuation with the New?

Do we deserve the brand new?  Personally I believe we should be satisfied with options marked used or refurbished on our wish list

but no...He wants us to have that which is perfect.

He wants us to experience the best!  

The best New wine ^{(Is. 36:17; Jer 31:12; Joel 2:24, 3:18; Amos 9:13)}

a better New song ^{(Is. 42:10; Rev. 14:3)}

To erase our past in one full sweep and stamp New names of glory by which we will now be known ^{(Is. 62:8; Rev. 2:17, 3:12)}

The Lord declares, “The former things have come to pass, behold New things spring forth ^{(Is. 42:7)}

“See.....I am doing a New thing!  Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?  I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland” ^{(Is. 43:19)}

Participation with the Holy is conferred on us 

though the New and living way opened for us through the curtain...his body. ^{(Heb 10:20)} 

through New birth we experience a living hope ^{(1 Pet. 1:3)}

one that is based on His compassion which never fails but is....Yes, New every morning ^{(Lam 3:22-23)}

When our Lord came to earth He brought a New teaching ^{(Mar 1:27)}

a New command to love as He had loved, and give as he had given ^{(Jn 13:34)}

He said,  “Go, stand in the public places, and tell the people the full message of this New life.” ^{(Acts. 5:20; cf. Rom 6:4)}

“I make possible a New self which is ever renewed in the image of its Creator. ^{(Col 3:10)} 

a self with a New interior of mind ^{(Eph 4:23)}

Though we don’t deserve his abundant generosity, newness he offers us.  He guarantees the best, ensures the most pure, and perfects all that comes unto Him.

Let us listen to Him on this day and be thankful.

He who is seated on the throne says, “I am making everything New!”  “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” ^{(Rev. 21:5)}

^{Posted by Joshua Marcum}