God Doing Something New – Walking In Power with Nate Ortiz

Hey, when this is Nate Ortiz and this is Walking in Power and I want to share a word to you about God doing something new

One of the things I see amongst people who are falling after Christ is there is this need to be comfortable

I think if we are honest there's areas of our life that we all like to be comfortable and no one likes to be uncomfortable

Obviously there's levels where you're training your different things where you're uncomfortable

There's parts of our lives where you say I just want this part just to be the thing that I can count on that's consistent that I feel like is just

a safe place for me and sometimes if we let being comfortable begin to slide in other areas of our lives

We begin to remove the fact that God is doing new things our lives

There's new things that are happening that we might miss out on because we like to be comfortable

People like sitting in the same seat when they go to church or some people like doing the same routine when they get home from work

or whatever might be but when you walk with God you have to understand that God isn't just wrapped up in routines and God's not

concerned about us just living a life that's saying that it's predictable and you understand what you're getting but

God is more interested in us living a life that is that is new that is

trusting in Him and I think in Isaiah 43 it talks about

verse 18 talk about you know the whole that God is doing a new thing that it says don't look at the former things

But look at the things that God's doing right now in our lives and that when we think about us being comfortable

We think about the past we think about things that were used to put our hands on our experience that we can rely on I

Can tell you that when God's doing new things your life

He obviously doesn't refer to things of the past he's always moving forward and when you are saying to the Lord like my life is open

I want to be used by you you have to understand that you have to let go of former ways of thinking or habits or friends or

Lifestyles all those types of things so you can really line yourself up to be everything that God has called you to be

So here's my question to you when you are letting things go when you are pushing yourself out of the comfort zone

Especially and resulting into your faith. What does it look like for you?

I think there's three things I would say that that it should look like when you're saying God

I want to move out of the comfortable. I want to do something new for you

I think the first thing is you have to let go of your past sometimes

That's just asking God to heal things from your past or even help reconcile

You know we can make that get certain healing that you want from your past

But you have to say God I knew that that was a terrible situation I have to be back there

But I know you're moving me forward

I can't change the past I can only move on forward from it

So God helped me to to understand that what happened in the past I cannot change

But Lord you can take that and use it in my life now that I can help someone else who's going through a difficult time

I can really be a change or hope someone say look

I went through something like that but I've come out on the other side

I've been tried by the fire but I'm standing here to tell you and testify of God's goodness in my life

So don't always replay the tape in your mind thinking that healing is gonna come or things are gonna change

But when it comes to your past you have to let that go and give that to God the second thing

I would say is when you let go of your past you have to understand what's in front of you

When you look at what's in front of you you have to think about marriages relationships work your faith

What's going on around you right now?

These are things that are actively happening in a real time. How are you with your spouse?

How are you with your kids? Are you spending time with them?

How are things are working? Are you a high producer? Are you doing things with excellence?

Everything you put your hand to

Sometimes people don't like to think about that now

It makes them feel uncomfortable. They make it makes them feel like well

I don't like where I'm at and nothing's going to change until you make this decision today to do something about it

Your your relationship with people is not gonna change your faith is not gonna grow if you're looking for comfort

Because you will not find comfort in these moments

But what you will have the opportunity to do is to lean into God

You have the opportunity to say Lord help me to see things the way that you see them

Help me to understand to get your vision to get your eye on the situation

I think the toughest thing is that in this life we look at the things around us

And we ought to have our earthly

Perspective on things but I think what God is telling us is he wants us to get a heavenly perspective on our earthly situations

That we have to understand that the things that are happening to us are not just happening to us just for no reason

But I think that's where we have to lean to our faith and God

I know there's chaos around me, but allowing to see what you are seeing even in the

Missed difficulties even the misuse of victories and good things

Helped me to understand so I can live my life for you and impact people around me

And I think the third thing when we are thinking about God doing new things our lives will let go the past

We focus on the now, but then we look to the future

You know at the book Stephen Covey you'll say I have to probably affect the people

He often talks about beginning with the end in mind

Who are you becoming what are you doing with your life?

You know the things that we do now are gonna affect our future

But when we think about our future what do we see maybe take a moment even now to close your eyes and just picture

What do you see when you think about your marriage or you think about kids? You think about your profession

What do you see? What do you see when you're old? Who's around you?

I remember was watching a show in time and this father figure was in the hospital

And he was sick and he told his wife say hey tell the family to come around

I remember of such a wonderful picture as his his kids and his grandkids and

You know all gathering around

His hospital, but I thought what a picture. I feel like in my life

I feel like I want to be the type of person that has people around me has family around me and that they want to be there

And they say you don't my dad or my husband or my friend like that

He was a good person who loved the Lord and didn't waver in his faith

These things that we think about in the future that begin with decisions we make now

So that future self that you want to become or those visions that you may have ask God

So God help me to become you know the best

Versa myself now so I can really be proud of who I am in the future

Don't just feel like one day. It's magically gonna happen

It's not magically going to happen. It's not just going to just take place because you're a good person

But it takes time day by day moment by moment

Moving towards that future goal that God has called you to so wherever you are

Behold God is doing a new thing as it says in 43 you'll behold God is doing a new thing all things up

Like former things are gone lean into him

Don't hold on to things that make you feel comfortable

Don't do the same routine just because that's what you know

But ask God in your life wherever you are right now whether you feel far from him or close to him

Ask him to do a new thing even when you feel like you don't deserve it. God is faithful

Lean into him. It's not too late to make changes in your life

It's not too late to break habits. It's not it's never too late for those things with God

We're coming with a genuine heart a heart that says God

I want to honor you. I want to live for you

Help me to be the very best version of who you called me to be and he'll come through every single time

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