As believers reflect on the passage of time, they are reminded of God's promise to prosper and give hope for the future. Jeremiah 29:11 and Isaiah 43:18-19 encourage trust in the Lord's plans, which are to bring about something new and good. In 2 Corinthians 5:17, believers are declared new creations in Christ, and Proverbs 3:5-6 urges surrender to God's guidance. By offering their lives as living sacrifices, as Romans 12:1 instructs, Christians can trust in God's sovereignty and look to the future with confidence and expectation.
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For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,