Rev.21:5 – And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
Renewal is the work of God. It starts for each one of us the moment Jesus is invited into our lives. In the twinkling of an eye we experience the new birth and have the seed of a new nature conceived inside of us. A change has begun in us that will continue until that great day of the Lord. As we walk with Him daily, step by step, His renovation of our life deepens. Our role is to walk with Him by reading our Bible consistently, spending time with the Lord in prayer and worship, and enjoying God’s glory in the midst of His church. Here is Jonathan Edwards speaking of this new life.
“By this work of God in renewing the heart, the man that is the subject of it becomes a new creature or is a new man, as it is often said in Scripture. And therefore no wonder that his song is new: for we are told that “old things are passed away” and “all things become new with him”. [The] hearts of the redeemed are new. He has a new spirit put within him. Their natures are new. In some sense their bodies are new. They have new eyes. They are renewed in the whole man. They are said to be “a new lump,” having put away “the old leaven”. They are newborn babes. They have new garments, for their filthy garments are taken away and they are clothed with change of raiment. And they have a new name. Rev. 2:17, “He that overcometh I will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” And ch. 3:12, “I will write upon him my new name.”
I love this; we have a new heart, a new spirit, a new mind, and in some degree even our body is made new. We have a renewed sense of hearing, we can behold the glory of the Lord in all things, we have on the new clothes of the kingdom, and we have be given a new name. Drinking in God’s glory in these seasons of spiritual renewal effects us deeply. Step into His glory today and let His work of renewal deepen in your life.
