Pay close attention now:
I’m creating new heavens and a new earth.
All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain
are things of the past, to be forgotten.
REVELATION 21:1 (NLT)
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is in the process of recreating everything, ushering in an existence defined by the peace of Christ.
DAILY FODDER
How attached are you to the old ways, the old world, the old pains? Even though the new heaven and the new earth aren't yet fully here, our calling as witnesses of Christ (and what he's up to) is to live now according to the economy of the coming world. So, we are driven by hope, peace, and God's love.
PRAYER
Creator God, I'm grateful that you haven't given up on us and our messed up world. You're ushering in a new creation. I confess that I'm having trouble letting go of the old ways. My ego is too big for the new world and it wants to be in control. Help me to let go and to embrace Christ more fully, so that I can ride with him into the new creation. If anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. Amen.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
and we’ll forgive those who wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
