New Year...New Methods

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New Year…New Methods

by Detrick Redding

Here’s another New Year’s article, common for this time of year, right! We hear sermons preached about new stuff. Let’s be honest, we’ve all heard of this, and it truly sounds redundant in a lot of our ears. The new year resolutions come rolling in—promises of weight lost, promises of business ventures, promises of better choices. People tend to start something, and by February, we stop and revert to where we were. Why? Because new isn’t always easy, and that makes us uncomfortable.

Wow, what a revelation of truth. The new will pull you out of your comfort zone and believe me, we all prefer to be comfortable. Webster’s definition of comfortable is affording or enjoying contentment and security, free from stress or tension. That sounds good to us. We all want that for our lives. However, to be comfortable tends to cause inactivity on our part, and we were not created for that. God created us to be people of action, dominion and order. As representatives of Christ in the earth, Christians are to be people of authority and power. This is for all believers, it’s not a selective calling on some and not others. We, believers, are called to share in the responsibility of Christ. We have been called out of the Kingdom of Darkness into the Kingdom of His Son, Jesus. This will pull us out of comfort in order to legislate for the Kingdom.

Now let’s discuss this new stuff again. The word of God tells us in Isaiah 43:19 that He will do new things for His people. That statement alone requires us to expect new things within our lives. New things are promised to all of us—new creatures in Christ, new and better promises, new Jerusalem, behold I make all things new. God is not stuck to the old and formal way of things; he promises new things. New is not just about times of existence but mainly refers to the “freshness” of something. The things of the past may be stale, outdated and ready to be discarded because God is presenting new things for us. New things that are to replace the old stuff. New ideas that replace old ideas. New plans that replace old plans. New methods that replace old methods. Fresh new things are for us even within this new year. The way you were last time, the methods of last time, the mentality of last time is ready to be exchanged for something new and fresh. As I conclude this article, let me encourage you. This new place that God has for us believers will make our flesh uncomfortable. It will, because He will, challenge us away from the path of our yesteryear. We will be challenged to think differently, to operate differently, even to live differently. If we are willing to go the way of the “New” with God, we qualify for greater manifestation of His Glory. Get ready to challenge your comfort. Remember the challenging of your comfort, when you are heeding to God, is really for your good. The Glory of your latter is greater than the Glory of your former. The squeeze, the readjusting, and relocating from God is really to prepare you for a Greater Manifestation of His Glory! Happy New Year! New Year…New Methods!

About The Author

Detrick Redding, born and raised in Rome, Georgia, is a husband to Toris and father to 4 children. Called to pastor at an early age, he currently pastors at Rally Up International Ministries in Rome, Georgia. Detrick has a deep passion for not only seeing people born again, but knowing their true identity and what is made available to all in Jesus Christ.