Isaiah 43:18 – 19  “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.’DAILY READING –– Mark 10:32-52; 2 Samuel 24; Hosea 4:1-11a”

In June 2017, many leading News media, carried the story of a daring rescue mission made by a Christian organization called the free Burma rangers. This organization is committed to aiding people in war zones. And during the 9 month battle to liberate Mosul in Iraq, from ISIS, this Christian organization, made a daring rescue of a little girl. This was captured on video, that immediately went viral, capturing the hearts of millions worldwide.

Dave Eubank, a former Special Forces soldier is founder of the Free Burma Rangers. He was filmed as he ran out in the open amid ISIS sniper fire to rescue a six year old girl trapped among those shot dead. The rescue took place on a street in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where ISIS snipers were firing at civilians who were attempting to flee. Alerted to the situation, Eubank and Iraqi troops coordinated with the U.S.-led coalition to drop smoke canisters to shield Eubank from the snipers’ view as he attempted to rescue the little girl. Eubank and his team crept up behind the wall of smoke dropped by the American troop. But bullets kept pinging all around them as they got closer to the wounded civilians. There was shooting everywhere. But Eubank prayed as he sprinted across the open ground to where people had been shot. There he saw a girl peek her head out from underneath a dead woman’s hijab. She had been hiding under her mother’s clothes. Eubank called to her. But she was unwilling to follow him. She wanted to still remain with her dead mother. As he reached out to help her, she was screaming, unwilling to let go of her mother. But Eubank snatched her up from her mother, carried  her in  his arms and made the mad dash, running as fast as he could back to the tank, with ISIS shooting all the time. God preserved him from being hitting by any bullet.

The rescued girl after her initial agitation over being drawn from her mother, later calmed down. Taken to a safe place, she was given food, new clothes, and surrounded by people eager to help her. She now lives a new and better life, free from the fear and crisis of living under ISIS.

The remarkable thing  about the story, is this little girl’s initial refusal to follow Eubank. Though her mother was dead, she still wanted to stay there, she was afraid to trust anyone or move away from the familiar, no matter how dead that familiar was.

And that is reminiscent sometimes of human nature. We are often afraid of the new. We would rather stay with the old we are familiar with, no matter how dead it may be.

God says in Isaiah 43:18 – 19 ‘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.’

We serve a God that does new things every moment.

Lamentation 3:23 says: ‘They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.’

God is always moving forward. We must be willing to let go of the old and embrace the new thing He is doing.

Philippians 3:13 says “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.’

In this last month of the year God has brought us into a new season. It is a crowning season. It is a season of fat things.

Psalms 65:11 says ‘thou crownest the year with goodness. And thy paths drop fatness’.

God’s best blessings are reserved for the last month, because better is the end of a matter than the beginning thereof. So we are now in the better season of the year.  Therefore expect greater blessings in this better season. The bottom pot is usually the sweetest. In this last month, God has reserved the sweetest portion for us.

This is the crowning month of the year and God has reserved the best for the last. Be expectant this month because God will be doing new things. He will be doing the unexpected and the unprecedented. He will be doing inexpilcabe things that will make men wonder.

God is always going forward. If you stay too long in the right place you are already in the wrong place.  As much as you loved the past, it is time to move into the new phase.

It doesn’t matter what experiences we may have had in the past months, it is time to prepare for a new season. It is time to embrace greater things. Preparation is the mother of manifestation. We have come into a shift and a lift. It is a month of change of garments. It is deckember. We are being decked with new garments. But our hearts must be prepared and open to receive the new thing God is doing. Because if you don’t believe, you will not receive. Be prepared for a season of quick works.

The things of the spirit are in levels. What you see is determined by the level of where you stand. It is change of level that determines what and how you see. For you to assume the next level, you have to climb up. Revelation 4;1 says ‘Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.’

We must go up higher to see better. To receive the better things of this season, we must move into a new level of Word study, prayer and worship. Preparation must precede manifestation.

Most importantly, it is  time also to enter into a new level of praise. Thanking God for all He has done in the past months, so that we can see the new thing He has reserved for us this last month.

PRAYER: Father please open my eyes to see the things You have stored up for me in this crowning season of the year. May I never miss my portion in Jesus Name.

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For you to enjoy victory in the Kingdom of God, you need to develop a Kingdom mindset, that thinks in line with the Word of God.  – WORDBITE 222.

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK TRIUMPH OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS]