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Summary: Each new month offers a sacred opportunity to reset, rectify, and realign. In a world defined by days, weeks, months, years and seasons—God has embedded into creation the rhythm of renewal.

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Each new month offers a sacred opportunity to reset, rectify, and realign.

In a world defined by days, weeks, months, years and seasons—God has embedded into creation the rhythm of renewal.

The first day of a new month is not just a turn of the calendar page; but it is a spiritual portal through which we step into fresh possibilities.

This message is an invitation to start this month with faith, purpose, and spiritual insight.

1. A God Who Begins Anew (v19)

From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture reveals that our God is a God of new beginnings:

Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning, God created…” – Here the word, ‘beginning’ is not just a point in time, but a launch of divine creativity and purpose.

Lamentations 3:22-23 – “His mercies are new every morning” – This verse again assures us that each day (and by extension each month) comes with a fresh outpouring of divine compassion.

Revelation 21:5 – “Behold, I make all things new” – This eschatological promise reminds us that newness is both a present reality and a future hope.

So, no matter what the past month unfolded, whether—failures, frustrations, or fatigue, remember that God offers us a new canvas now! His grace resets the clock.

St. Augustine, in his Confessions, observed that time is a mystery. We live in the present, but are haunted by the past and at the same time we are drawn into the future.

Augustine’s Insight: The past is memory, the future is anticipation, but the present is where God meets us.

Isaiah 43:18-19 urges us to forget the former things—not by amnesia, but by spiritual re-orientation.

What dominates your mind today: the pain of the past or the promise of the future?

God’s Word invites us to fix our eyes not backward in regret, but forward in faith.

2. The Spiritual Practice of Letting Go

The verse says, “Forget the former things…” This isn’t a denial of the past but it is about refusing to let the past define us.

God is not asking us to ignore our wounds; He’s inviting us to place our wounds in His redemptive hands.

Examples:

• Joseph: he placed his wound of being betrayed in the redemptive hands of God and embraced His sovereign plan (Gen.50:20).

• Paul says in Php. 3:13, “I Forget what is behind and strain toward what is ahead…”.

Action Step:

On this first day of the month, write down what wounds you are going to place in the redemptive hands of God — disappointments, fears, personal sins, even accomplishments that have become idols. Offer them to God.

The verse goes on to say, “See, I Am Doing a New Thing.”

This is an invitation to Perceive.

God is always working—but not all perceive it.

Remember Elisha’s Prayer for his servant in 2 Kings 6:17= “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.”

We must likewise pray for spiritual eyes to see what God is doing this month in our families, ministries, and personal lives.

What could God be doing in you this month?

• May be giving you a new ministry?

• Healing an old wound?

• Releasing a fresh anointing?

The point is not to miss God’s movement.

As humans we are preoccupied with the human system of measurement. But we must go beyond that and pray for spiritual eyes to see what God is doing in me this month.

In the final part of the verse, it says, "Now It Springs Up". This is the Image of Growth. The metaphor used by Isaiah — “Now it springs up”—is agricultural. It suggests invisible roots at work before visible shoot appear.

• You may not see the full result yet.

• The seed may be underground and underrated.

• But God is working— “now it springs up.”

We must Trust the Process of God.

You see, the Spirit of God works often in obscurity before He brings things to visibility.

Therefore, be faithful in prayer, obedience, and worship… this month—fruit will come in due season.

This is a Month/Year of Purposeful Living. Let this first day not be consumed by routine but sanctified with objective. Here are three practical commitments:

i. Set a Spiritual Goal this month

• Memorize a verse per week.

• Pray for 15 minutes each morning/night.

• Join or lead a Bible study.

ii. Set a Service Goal

• Choose one person to encourage this month.

• Volunteer for one outreach initiative.

iii. Set a Growth Goal

• Read one good Christian book.

• Reflect weekly in a spiritual journal.

God’s New Thing is Personal. This promise in vv18-19 isn’t generic. God’s “new thing” is designed for you.

There are treasures of wisdom, breakthroughs, and joy waiting to be uncovered this month.

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