I saw a quick video on Sydney’s Hope 103.2 radio station website and loved it. It addresses a challenge we all face. Many people, businesses, and organisations are doing the same thing they were doing 2 or even 10 years ago. They have stagnated. What was once fresh has gone stale. Keep an ear out for these all too common sayings…

Stagnation says…

• We’ve never done it that way before
• We are not ready for that
• We are doing all right without it
• We tried it once before
• We don’t have the money
• It’s not our job
• It will never work

The video and these statements made me think. I have heard them all. Hey I have even said more than one of them at times. Yet they are not what characterise me.

In stark contrast to these statements God says to the prophet Isaiah…

Behold, I will do a new thing,

Now it shall spring forth;

Shall you not know it?

I will even make a road in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:19 KJV

So you can chose stagnation or a new thing. Let’s agree with God and be willing to do a new thing!