Something New

I've heard quite a bit of reference to Isaiah 43:18,19 over the past few days:

"Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past.  Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it?  I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert."

I'm reminded of the famous Woman at the Well (John 4).  Jesus told her that He could give her living water.  To which she replied, "Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well?"  Jesus, the promised Messiah, was right there in front of her, but her mind was so entrenched in the past that she couldn't even recognize Him.  Why?

I've heard it said that she was deliberately changing the subject because of her shameful past.  She didn't want Him to get too personal. 

Or maybe it was because she had made a memorial of Father Jacob's Well.  Father Jacob had dug the well; now here was someone claiming that He could give her LIVING water?!  How could anything be better than what had already been done?
Whatever is in our past, whether it's a memorial of shame or of glory - The Lord is saying to us that we need to let it go so that we can embrace what He is getting ready to do in this new season.

Before we can see what's ahead, we must stop looking behind.

Peace,


Davina