This Really is a New Day!

My S.O.A.P. (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) for Monday, May 10.

"We've Never Seen Today Before"
What Christ Does

Scripture"And the one sitting on the throne said, 'Look I am making all things new!' "
Revelation 21:5a

Observation/Application

The other day I was in a group and somebody was asked to say a prayer for all there.
The person praying spoke of something simple that caught my attention and opened my heart. He said "Thank you Lord for giving us this day today that we have never seen before." Simple enough. But what blew away some cobwebs for me was the notion that even though I could expect to see alot of what I had seen before on this day, it actually was totally new. Every thing was literally new because it had never been done in that same way before. It had been done before, perhaps, from breakfast to turning on the computer and opening the blinds at the lab to hitting the gym for a workout after work. But never really done before because it was never done in this moment. Today was totally new because all things were being done, even if repeated, in a new day.
These days I need to be reminded that nothing is inevitable and all things are possible.
When Christ says to me that he makes all things new I know it in the freedom from the burden of having to carve out my own destiny. But I also know it in the freedom to be creative with him in making something new explode on the scene today that will lift up and improve not only my life but the lives of all he puts before me.
Jesus Christ is life.....always creating new life!

Prayer

Lord Jesus, let me see this new day for what it is! Amen.