Day 2: A New Thing
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland (Isaiah 43:19).
Our Father in heaven, thank You for making a way in, and through the wilderness. Lord in all the dry and weary places You provide refreshment for our parched and weary souls. Thank You for the streams You provide in the desert. Help me to look to You as You lead me along the paths You have carved out even in the barren wastes of life.
Give me open eyes, O Lord, to perceive the new things You are doing in my life. Forgive me for looking back when I should be looking forward. Give me vision and clarity and help me to move forward with confidence and trust.
Hail to the brightness of Zion’s glad morning!
Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain!
Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning;
Zion in triumph begins her mild reign.
Hail to the brightness of Zion’s glad morning!
Long by the prophets of Israel foretold;
Hail to the millions from bondage returning!
Gentiles and Jews the blest vision behold.
Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing,
Streams ever copious are gliding along;
Loud from the mountaintops echoes are ringing,
Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song.
See, from all lands, from the isles of the ocean,
Praise to the Savior ascending on high;
Saints come to Zion with songs of devotion,
Shouts of salvation are rending the sky.
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