Words of Inspiration - A New Thing

Send us Fan Mail God is making a way in your wilderness. Rivers in your desert. Breakthroughs in your barrenness. But you have to choose the path that leads there. Choose wisely. Choose obediently. Choose surrender. And watch what God does with a life fully yielded to Him in 2026.

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  Welcome to The Bible Speaks with your host, Elgin Kerelock. The Bible Speaks is a daily podcast dedicated to sharing the good news of Jesus Christ, rightly dividing the Word of Truth, and learning how to apply it to our daily lives. You may contact Elgin at the address given at the end of the broadcast. And now, here's Elgin.

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  Brothers and sisters, I welcome you, in the name of Jehovah Jireh, to a special edition of Words of Inspiration. We'll resume our regular series tomorrow, but we're pausing to consider what God wants to do for you in 2026. Our scriptural text is Isaiah, Chapter 43, Verse 19. And from the English Standard Version, it reads, "Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth. Do you not perceive it?

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  I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." Happy New Year. But here's the truth: even before you shouted those words at midnight, God was already working on your next. So we're discovering how to step into what He's already prepared.

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  Let us pray. Father God, thank you that before this year began, you were already working on what comes next. Open our eyes to perceive a new thing you're doing. Give us wisdom to choose the path that leads to life in its fullness. Guide us by your Spirit through your word, so 2026 becomes transformation, not repetition. In Jesus' grace name we pray, amen. God doesn't need a countdown to start fresh. While we were celebrating 2025 ending, he was already engineering 2026's breakthroughs.

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  The question isn't whether God is working, it's whether we'll cooperate with what he's doing. He is just waiting for us to decide which version we choose. That's the part most people miss on New Year's Day. We make resolutions as if change depends entirely on our willpower. But being omniscient, God sees all possibilities for your life and will facilitate whichever path you choose. Think about that. Multiple versions of 2026 exist right now in God's sight. One where you surrender fully and watch him work miracles. Another where you stay comfortable and miss opportunities.

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  One where you step into calling, another where you play it safe. God sees them all simultaneously and will help you walk whichever road you select. But not all paths lead to the same destination. Jesus said in John 10:10, "The thief come not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they may have life and that they might have it more abundantly."

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  He came that we may have life to the full, not barely surviving, not just getting by, but thriving with purpose and abundance.

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  Here's the condition: If we don't follow Jesus's teachings and examples, and allow the Holy Spirit to guide us through the Word of God, 2026 will just be a newer version of 2025. New calendar, same pattern, different date, but identical problems. Most people want different results without different choices. They want transformation without obedience. They want breakthrough without discipline. They want God's best while ignoring God's instructions. But it doesn't work that way.

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  Following Jesus's teachings means actually doing what He said: Loving your enemies, serving sacrificially, forgiving completely, giving generously, and seeking first His kingdom. His example means embracing humility, prioritizing prayer, valuing people over position, choosing obedience over comfort. And allowing the Holy Spirit to guide through Scripture means more than owning a Bible. It means opening it daily, meditating on it deeply, obeying it completely, letting it expose what needs changing

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  and direct where you're going. So what makes 2026 different? Three commitments. First, trust that God is working on your behalf. Stop striving on your own strength. Proverbs 3, verses 5 through 6 reads, "Trust the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths."

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  He's already orchestrating circumstances, arranging divine appointments, and preparing what you need before you need it. Trust that. Second, spend time honing your gifts and talents. God gave you abilities for purpose, not decoration. 1 Peter 4 and 10 instructs, "As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's very grace." Develop what he has given you. Practice, improve, sharpen. Make yourself excellent at what God designed you to do.

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  Third, become obsessed with pouring into others and sharing the Word of God. Stop making 2026 about your comfort and start making it about others' transformation. Matthew 28, verses 19 through 20, commissions us, "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you."

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  When you shift from self-focus to other-centered ministry, everything changes. Your problems shrink when you're solving others' problems. Your faith grows when you're building others' faith. Your joy multiplies when you're spreading God's Word. Do these three things consistently. Trust God's work, develop your gifts, pour into others, and you will truly have a year that is exceeding abundantly above all you can ask or think. That's not positive thinking. That's Ephesians 3, verse 20, which fully reads,

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  "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us." The power is already working. The new thing is already springing forth. The question is whether you'll perceive it and participate in it, or whether you'll repeat 2025 with a different number. God is making a way in your wilderness, rivers in your desert, breakthroughs in your barrenness. But you have to choose the path that leads there. Choose wisely. Choose obediently.

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  Choose surrender. And watch what God does with a life fully yielded to Him in 2026. Heavenly Father, thank you for already working on our behalf before this year began. Today, we choose the path of surrender, obedience, and faith. Help us follow Jesus's teachings and examples. Guide us through Your Word by Your Holy Spirit. We commit to trusting Your work, developing our gifts, and pouring into others. Do exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think.

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  Make 2026 the year of transformation, not repetition. Let us perceive the new thing You're doing and step fully into it. In Jesus Christ's name we pray. Amen. I thank you for spending time with me on today, and I look forward to our time together on tomorrow. Until then, God bless.

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