UNDER RE- CONSTRUCTION.....WHAT'S NEW?

For over a year, close to 2 years, a large road area near my once small hometown has been under construction. That might not be interesting news, but because this construction is happening in, near, and around one of the largest and busiest army bases,travel has become quite a challenge. This small town is becoming a booming metropolis, slowly and deliberately. So I will look at this issue with a Spiritual eye and explore what this means to a believer such as myself. First when you see those orange, red and yellow signs that tell the driver what is happening to the road, as you drive anywhere from 35mph to what ever the posted speed limit is, usually puts a pit in my inward parts. You maybe familiar with that feeling you get fellow driver, when traffic is backed up and you are  in it. The signs that say things like: one lane ahead, merge right, merge left, detour, road closed, and my absolute favorite, the sign that the gentleman holds that has slow on one side and stop on the other side when there is one lane ahead. He usually has a walkie- talkie to communicate with his co-worker a half mile down the road to tell him when the coast is clear to let his side of the backed up traffic proceed. You can hear why that is my favorite, I'm usually at the stopped part of his sign, 50 or 60 cars deep with a half of tank of gas that disappears very quickly in these conditions. Yeah, I am excited as I write this, can't you tell? Thank God my car is my sanctuary of praise and worship unto God!!!Well that is the road conditions due to something new being constructed. So far, the newly re- constructed roads now take you in 3 different directions instead of 1. Oh yeah  there are now new bridges in which you can drive on top of or underneath,  take your pick. The new road is now considered an expressway or highway where as before re- construction it was a mere road. It grew up I suppose. You can go faster legally now due to the upgraded status. During this re- construction, traffic was terrible. Getting into my once small home town to get to my home,  feels like bumper to bumper, inch by inch traffic movement I remembered when I use to live in a REAL metropolis, NYC years ago. However this post is not about traffic headaches and those construction projects. As I look at all the newness this construction work  has accomplished thus far, I am taken to a few Scriptures the Holy Spirit is making me aware of and God's" re- construction" project in my own life. 2Cor.5:17 says if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, look all things have become new. I am constantly seeing the new things God is doing in my existence. He is so purposeful and that is why the new has His signature. No human being can accomplish this. I love that when God moves supernaturally, no person, place, or thing can claim credit; glory belongs only to God. Like those road construction projects I spoke of, there use to be trees, a road, even a small neighborhood (3 mobile homes), a couple of restaurants, gas stations all removed to make room for the new that has come. And so for God's "re- construction" project, old things were removed to make room for the new. It wasn't easy or fast. It took time.  The fruit of the Spirit, patience,  was in full force. Like wise old things had to be removed, sometimes at a painful cost or even unexplainable at first. Remember Joseph in the old testament. What his loving brothers did to him was unthinkable and unimaginable. But when all was said and done, God had a purpose in that re- construction project and you know what came from it. Being in Christ,  is,  in my opinion, the most important part of that scripture, because doing so causes the process of "re- construction" to be endurable. Similar to traffic headaches, it can be hard and difficult. You know what Philip.4:13 says;  I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. Being in Christ and Faith makes that true and real.  Anyone means just that, anyone. Read 2Cor. 5:17 carefully and take each word literally, God wants us to. He said so all through the scriptures, He is doing a new thing. Isaiah 42:9 is what a minister friend has been teaching me and I can clearly see this in my own life as well as in our existence.  Read it and see how the former things have come and gone and new things are in our midst. God tells us He will tell us of them before they happen .GLORY TO GOD ALMIGHTY!! Remember my post entitled: Good Listeners...Obedience is better than Sacrifice? Listen with spirit filled ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is telling God's people. Jesus said, as the Good Shepherd,  during His earthly ministry, "my sheep know my voice and another voice they will not follow". He said He will send the Holy Spirit that will speak only what He hears and show you things to come.(John 16:13) Guess who He ( the Spirit of Truth) is listening to? You guessed it right reader, God Himself!!  Our Father in Heaven knows everything especially things to come, new things. He said He would tell us of them. Thank You God!!!  Scripture tells us that He tells the prophets first (2Peter 1:19-21). So what's new? Where old things once existed, new things have replaced them. Some you see  with natural sight, some with spirit filled eyes of faith. God will use whatever He so chooses to tell the matter. Old testament prophets spoke God's word to the people constantly. Jeremiah wept as God's Word fell on deaf ears.  Ecclesiastes 10:20  makes me so aware that all the creation has a voice. This scripture is informational and says that even the birds can tell the matter.  WOW!! So this "re- construction" project in my own life is similar to that of the road construction that is happening in the natural in my neck of the woods. New and improved roads have come out of this project. It was stressful and time consuming when it came to driving in and through these conditions. Patience was required for sanity's sake, and old things that were familiar do not exist any longer.  Like wise, new and improved areas of my life have emerged from the "re- construction" project God began. From the old, new areas an improved ways to reach a variety of destinations. Being in Christ, I can see what GOD is doing and how He is leading. He WILL have His way, and in Christ, I can endure. New things constantly emerge as I travel the road daily. Look at your life dearest reader and see what GOD has "re-constructed". Our world and creation itself is also being "re-constructed". Is it me or is the sun brighter, warmer and larger? Is not the sky bluer, whiter, more colors than before are up above our heads, clouds seem puffier and larger? The moon looks bigger and brighter, stars are twinkling brighter and more of them, it seems. Creation seems to be singing a praise melody to the Creator Himself,  GOD ALMIGHTY!! Could these be signs such as those road signs I talked about earlier?  Saying something we need to hear. Of course these are all my personal opinions and observations about the creation my GOD placed me in and said take dominion.  In doing so, I stand in awe at what is happening. Perhaps out of this "re-construction" project, comes forth the new song of praise in my mouth (Ps. 40:3) and the new command Jesus gave in John 13: 34-35 to love one another as He has loved us He said that is how the world will know we are His, by the love we have one to another. So much  can come from reconstructing old things, such as the new covenant the Hebrew writer spoke of in Hebrews 8: 8-13. Read and see that the new thing which came from the old thing, made the old thing decayed and vanish away. Finally, I can say that the new re-constructed roads are better in terms of traffic. The flow seems to go smoothly.  Out of chaos in the beginning of reconstruction comes several smooth, flowing  highways that makes travel pleasant.  I can testify that from GOD'S "re-construction" project for me, chaos came and from that, smooth, flowing newness.  A change that I myself am adjusting to and it is wonderful. Walking by FAITH not by sight. Like Joseph in the old testament, that reconstruction had a purpose that wasn't known until much later. The purpose was a powerful one an only GOD could accomplish it!! HIS way are higher than ours.  Blessed are GOD'S people!!   JESUS IS LORD!!!! Isaiah 42: 8-12, Isaiah 43: 18-21,Isaiah 55 :8-13, Isaiah 61.