Freely Speaking Audio Devotion

Welcome to Freely Speaking, an OHSOFREE devotional ministry where we share our hearts and trust God for transformation.  

Today, Tara Thompson explores how the power of hope invites us to embrace something new. 

“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert” (Isaiah 43:18-19 KJV). 

What if the hope we’re searching for in a new year isn’t found in our plans, but in God’s promise to do something new? With each new year or change in our lives, we create our own plans with the hope for something – whether that’s improving ourselves, saving money, or doing something different. How often do we stop and look for something new that the Lord is doing in our lives and lean into His plans? 

When I was younger, and something happened in my life that wasn’t according to “my” plans, I would feel heartbroken and discouraged. Things didn’t seem to go the way I thought they would, and I wasn’t sure how life would change or get better.  

The Holy Spirit led me to this verse in Isaiah, and it washed over my heart and soul. It was as if the Lord was speaking it directly to me. “Behold, I will do a new thing.” Those words lifted my heart and my head to face the unknown, because I knew that the Lord would make a way, even when it felt impossible. 

Isaiah 43:18-19 reminds us that we don’t have to hold on to the past or even hold on to the way we thought our life should go. With our faith and hope in Jesus, we can embrace the new and have hope that He is always working something new in our lives. Even in the wilderness. Even in the desert. 

How do you find hope in knowing that God is going to make a way and do something new in your life? 

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