The New Thing That's Being Born

There's a lovely trap we humans tend to fall into: staring too long at what's behind us. We compare now with before, what we've gained with what we've lost, who we are today with who we used to be.

And God, with all the gentleness in the world, says: don't look back there. Not because the past doesn't matter, but because He's doing something new — and if you keep your eyes on the rearview mirror, you'll miss the view of what's being born right in front of you.

"Shall ye not know it?" What a beautiful question. Sometimes the new thing comes in a way so different from what we expected that we can't even recognize it as a blessing. It comes as a narrow door, a season of waiting, an unexpected turn.

Today, ask God for eyes to recognize the new thing He's doing in you and around you. It may be smaller than you imagined. It may be better than you dreamed.