Skip to main content

Happy New Year




 
 
Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands. (Isaiah 43:19 MSG)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

First I’d like to say thank you for supporting Radiant Transparency in 2013.Thank you for taking this journey with me as I seek to improve, inspire others and share God’s word. The past few days I thought about doing a recap of 2013, but decided not to. I acknowledge the lows and I'm happy for the growth that came from it, but even more importantly I am excited about what’s to come.

Isaiah 43:19 was the beginning scripture for Watch Night service last night and also the scripture of the day on my Daily Bible app. It still amazes me when these types of things happen, some call it coincidence I see it differently. There are times when I post a specific scripture or blog post on a topic and within a few days God will lead me to messages or my pastor will preach on the same thing. I believe when this happens it's God continuously giving us the word that He knows we need or that we need to share with someone else.

So today on the first day of 2014 I stress the importance of living out Isaiah 43:19 in OUR lives; I say our since I am pressing towards this as well. Let’s take a walk through how God wants us to live out our days.

1.)    Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history.

·        In some instances this is easier said than done and it will take work to get to this point. God does not take one thing that we have suffered through lightly, but he also wants us to understand and believe that He always does a NEW THING. This “New Thing” that he does is greater than anything we’ve ever seen IF we believe it. He has given you the things you need to get to the point of forgetting, in a sense of longing for what was or could have been.

 

2.)    Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new.

·        We have to have an expectancy that God is going to do something new and great in our lives each and every day. If we expect the worse then usually the worse follows. Be present by thanking God for all he has done and let Him know that you expecting him to do greater.

 

3.)     It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is!

·        Because you are living a life of expectancy it WILL burst out. You will start to notice changes in the smallest areas. Even if God doesn’t change the situation He will change your perception of the situation. I have discovered through experience that in most cases that is the most important change that needs to happen. Acknowledge these small changes and thank God for them.

 

4.)    I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.

·        Last but surely not least is His promise to us. He promises to make a way to get through your dry places. Stand on this promise and don’t be afraid to say to God “God you promised to make a road through the desert and a river in the badlands, I NEED YOU TO DO THIS FOR ME”.  Again understand that this “way” that God makes may change the situation or YOU.

 
The most important thing that we all must remember is that while we are asking God to do something, we too must be willing to do something. If you are reading this blog post, He more than likely has already began a new thing in your life. More than anything He wants us to say yes to Him and no to some of the things that we are used to doing. We all know the saying “insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a new result”; it’s true. God is forgiving and graceful, but He is also jealous for us to follow His lead. Also, remember that change doesn’t happen overnight so be willing to stay committed to His guiding even if you don’t perceive the change right away.

 

Lastly, I’m excited about the Radiant year ahead of us all. Be blessed!

 

R.T. ~The light that shines through~

Contact me personally at RadiantTransparency@gmail.com

For daily inspiration follow me @RTTheLight

© 2013, Robin I. Taylor. All rights reserved. Originally published at

The light that shines through
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Much Will Be Required

Much Will Be Required Growing up many of us began to discover our gifts, for some it took a little longer to recognize their abilities as gifts. As we mature into adulthood many of us bury the gifts or continue to look at uncultivated gifts as useless.  We hold on to these things in ability, yet we relinquish the call to use them. For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.] (Romans 11:29 AMP) Romans 11:29 tells us that God's gift and call are irrevocable. Gifts are things we must choose to receive.  We can choose to use them or not use them, but they will still be there in/with us. If you can sing at an early age and decide not to use your voice to glorify Him, He won't take your ability away because of His word.  Whether we stray or stay on the path it is still ours. The major question for all who are a...
Post a Comment
Read more

Hiding Amongst the Baggage

“Samuel went back to GOD: “Is he anywhere around?” GOD said, “Yes, he’s right over there—hidden in that pile of baggage.” They ran and got him. He took his place before everyone, standing tall—head and shoulders above them. Samuel then addressed the people, “Take a good look at whom GOD has chosen: the best! No one like him in the whole country!” Then a great shout went up from the people: “Long live the king!”” ‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭10:22-24‬ ‭MSG‬‬  There comes a time in life when the King or Queen in you can no longer be hidden. In 1 Samuel 9 Saul thought he was just going to look for his families lost sheep. As he was looking for the lost possessions of his family, he found the lost identity of himself.  Along the journey of life we find ourselves as we find Christ. In you is a great king or queen and you had no clue. There is a greatness in each of us that is hidden until life circumstances pulls it out of us. Many of us have come across great people who see thi...
Post a Comment
Read more

Broken to Become Whole

Broken to Become Whole My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise. (Psalm 51:17 AMP) I was broken shattered into a million pieces that you carefully picked up and dusted off. You didn't superglue me back together, because You offer something better than what I was. Created in Your likeness, yet I still have to accept Your son to be righteous. I was broken, broken before you in the tears that tell the story of my shame mixed with a bit of fear & a whole lot of pain. In the midst of my tears I reflect on the years I said yes, but demonstrated no. Stayed busy putting on a show for myself & others; never knowing how to truly surrender; because I always saw the splinter in the eye of another yet never realized that the log in my own was a force to be reckoned with. Sin it's the enemies t...
Post a Comment
Read more