[This reflection was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 22/Nov/2020]
Recently we decided to extend our patio in the back garden. We wanted to have a larger space to accommodate a table and chairs so we could entertain folk next summer. We love to bring in people from the local estate and church folk so we could pray together and have eating meetings in the sunshine.
Before we thought about starting the project we needed to move well established roses and precious plants that we had nurtured lovingly for a long time. The job needed to be done before the frost set in and the weather got too bad to do anything. A new foundation needed to be established.
All this activity seemed to echo of how Jesus is moving at this time.
He is wanting to establish a new foundation. For too long we have been stuck in the same old mode of doing things but there is a shift occurring so that the new wave of church can be accommodated and there will be room in our hearts and lives to bring many into His Kingdom, whether that’s in a large building or into our lives and hearts.
God is breaking up the old by His power and bringing in the new.
I keep thinking about the scripture Isaiah 43 v 18 and 19:
Forget the former things … I am doing a new thing.
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