Behold, I Do a New Thing — Prophetic Sermon

For Online Church Broadcast

INTRODUCTION

There is a people in this passage. They are nameless—and that is intentional by the Spirit of God. Because THEY ARE YOU. They are everyone who has been through the fire, who has walked through the wilderness, who has drunk from the bitter waters of Marah, who has known lack, who has been enslaved, who has been forgotten, who has been overlooked—and yet dared to believe that God is not finished with them.

The Holy Ghost brought me to this passage for someone watching right now. Before I preach, I want you to receive this word into your spirit:

YOUR SEASON OF NEW THINGS HAS ARRIVED.

VERSE 18 — "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old."
Stop right there. Did you see that word?

REMEMBER NOT.

God is not saying that your past did not happen. He is not saying that the pain was not real. He is not saying that the failures were not yours. He is saying: do not let the past dominate your present and dictate your future. The former things—the former failures, the former disappointments, the former defeats, the former sicknesses, the former poverty—they must not be your focus anymore.

I am sent to tell you today:

YOUR PAST IS NOT YOUR FUTURE.

This is your AFTER FAILURE. You failed the exams. You failed the interview. You failed the business. You failed in that relationship. But God says, "Remember ye not the former things." The season of failure in your life is OVER. You shall pass. You shall be promoted. You shall succeed in the very area that once brought you shame.

This is your AFTER LOSS. You lost that loved one. You lost that job. You lost that opportunity. You lost that money. But God says, "Neither consider the things of old." The God who remembers you is about to restore what the locust has eaten. The years that the cankerworm has destroyed—He is restoring.

This is your AFTER REJECTION. They rejected you. They despised you. They threw you away. But God says, "Remember ye not the former things." The reject is about to rule. The stone that the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. And you are that stone!

VERSE 19a — "Behold, I will do a new thing..."
Stop right there. Did you see that word?

BEHOLD.

God is calling your attention. He is saying, "Look at Me. Look at what I am about to do." He is not asking you to look at your circumstances. He is not asking you to look at your bank account. He is not asking you to look at your medical report. He is saying, "BEHOLD ME."

And what is He doing? He is doing a NEW THING.

NEW.

Not a repaired thing. Not a patched-up thing. Not a second-hand thing. A brand-new thing. A thing that has never been seen before. A thing that will make people say, "What has God done?"

I prophesy to you today:

YOUR NEW THING IS HERE.

This is your NEW HEALTH. That sickness that has lingered—cancer, diabetes, fibroid, hypertension, HIV, infertility, mysterious illness, spiritual sickness—God is doing a new thing. He is not healing you to the old level; He is bringing you to a new level of health. Receive your healing NOW in Jesus' name!

This is your NEW MARRIAGE. You are married. You have prayed. You have cried. You have been to the hospital. You have been to the altar. But God says, "Behold, I will do a new thing." The barrenness in your womb, in your home—it is ending. You shall carry your baby. You shall nurse your child. Your testimony is loading!

This is your NEW FINANCE. You have been struggling. You have been borrowing. You have been begging. But God says, "Behold, I will do a new thing." New doors are opening. New opportunities are coming. New streams of income are flowing. You shall lend and not borrow. You shall be the head and not the tail.

VERSE 19b — "...now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?"
Stop right there. Did you see that word?

NOW.

Not tomorrow. Not next year. Not in the sweet by and by. NOW. The new thing is not a future hope; it is a present reality. God is doing it now.

And He says, "Shall ye not know it?" In other words, "Are you not going to perceive it? Are you not going to recognize it?" God is not hiding it from you. He is not doing it in a corner. He is doing it in the open. But you must have eyes to see and ears to hear.

I declare to you:

YOU SHALL KNOW IT.

You shall not miss your season. You shall not miss your miracle. You shall not miss your visitation. Your eyes are open. Your ears are open. Your heart is open. You shall see the new thing God is doing.

VERSE 19c — "I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert."
Stop right there. Did you see that word?

WAY.

In the wilderness—the place of no paths, the place of no direction, the place of confusion, the place of wandering—God makes a way. Where there seems to be no way out, God makes a way through.

And RIVERS.

In the desert—the place of drought, the place of dryness, the place of death—God brings rivers. Not a trickle. Not a stream. Rivers. Abundance. Overflow.

I prophesy to you:

YOUR WILDERNESS IS BECOMING A HIGHWAY.

YOUR DESERT IS BECOMING A RIVER.

Every wilderness experience you have faced—the loneliness, the abandonment, the confusion, the delay—God is turning it into a way. Every desert experience—the dryness, the barrenness, the lack—God is turning it into rivers.

Cross-reference: Isaiah 41:18 (KJV) — "I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water."

Cross-reference: Psalm 107:35 (KJV) — "He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings."

Cross-reference: John 7:38 (KJV) — "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."

Cross-reference: 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) — "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

Cross-reference: Revelation 21:5 (KJV) — "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful."

Cross-reference: Philippians 3:13-14 (KJV) — "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

Cross-reference: Genesis 8:22 (KJV) — "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

Cross-reference: Galatians 6:9 (KJV) — "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

Cross-reference: Ecclesiastes 3:11 (KJV) — "He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."

Cross-reference: Romans 8:28 (KJV) — "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

DECLARATIONS

Say it with me:

1. I forget the former things; I do not consider the things of old.
2. God is doing a new thing in my life NOW.
3. My new thing is springing forth; I know it!
4. God is making a way in my wilderness.
5. God is bringing rivers in my desert.
6. My past is not my future; my new season has arrived.
7. I am a new creature in Christ; old things have passed away.
8. I shall not miss my season of visitation.

PRAYER

Father, I thank You for Your Word. I thank You that You are the God who does new things. I choose to forget the former things and not consider the things of old. I believe that You are doing a new thing in my life right now. I receive it by faith. I declare that my wilderness is becoming a highway and my desert is becoming rivers. I thank You for the new thing You are doing in my health, my family, my finances, and my destiny. I shall know it. I shall see it. I shall testify of it. In Jesus' name, Amen.

CLOSE

Listen to me, someone watching this right now: God is not finished with you. The former things may have been painful, but they are former. The new thing is here. It is springing forth. It is time to forget the past and embrace the future. Your season of new things has arrived. Go and testify: Behold, He has done a new thing!

DECLARATIONS