Read: Isaiah 43:1-19 Forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun!... I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland (Isaiah 43:18-19).   When I read the road sign announcing “Construction for the next 50 miles,” I groaned. Really? Construction had already been going on for the past three years and now it would be for the foreseeable future—up to three more years! Every day since, as I drive this stretch of pavement under repair, I wonder if it will ever be finished. Deep down I know it will be, yet when I’m stopped in painfully slow traffic, it’s hard to believe the interstate will ever be free of orange barrels and single lanes. I often feel the same way about the world and myself: It seems like never-ending construction. Sometimes I think, Will everything really be made “new” one day as Jesus has promised? (Revelation 21:5). If I were to live by sight instead of by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7), it would appear that the earth and my soul and everything else would be forever needing repairs. It doesn’t seem as if the consequences of Adam and Eve’s fall will ever be healed. In Isaiah 43, the Lord declared to ancient Israel that He was doing a new thing. In verse 19, He said, “See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?” Although some days I do, other days I don’t perceive it at all. I need God to give me the eyes to see and ears to hear the truth about reality and that—just as with Israel—He can do new things in and through me today. God is making all things new—me, you, the earth, and everything else that exists—regardless of whether or not I perceive it. One day, we’ll look back and realize that He was true to His word, despite our perceptions that things would remain the same forever.   Our Daily Journey ©2018 ODB Ministries, 3000, Kraft Ave., SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49555-0001, USA. Used by permission. For this and other materials contact ODB Ministries at 322 P. Guevarra, San Juan City (Phils.); Tel.: 722-2010.