A NEW THING | Pastor Omolade Oshinubi

Isaiah 43:19 comes as a present word, not as a future possibility. God is not merely thinking about doing a new thing. God is already doing it, already causing it to spring forth, even when the seed is still hidden in the ground. The text calls for seeing eyes, because what God begins may not first look visible to natural understanding.

God has an expected end for every man and woman he has brought into this house. His thoughts are of peace and not of evil, and his plan did not begin when circumstances became clear. God had already mapped out purpose before birth, before parents met, before the person entered the earth. The word of overflow, harvest, open doors, and breaking forth is therefore not random excitement, but preparation for what God has already designed.

Isaiah reminds the people of God that the Lord once made a way through the sea, but now says he will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. God is not asking for ingratitude toward the former things. God is asking for openness to a different strategy. The former deliverance must not become a prison, because the God who divided the sea is also the God who brings water out of dry places.

The new thing requires sight, perception, and attention. Seeing makes a person align. Perceiving brings discernment, the ability to know, “this is the time,” “this is my word,” “this is what I should be doing in this season.” The Spirit of God teaches when to pray, when to send the document, when to change strategy, when to write, when to speak, when to move, and when to let go.

God is doing new things because that is his nature. He is not boring. He is not lacking ideas. His agenda must be propagated in ways the enemy cannot gainsay, just as Christ’s crucifixion became the very wisdom of God hidden from rulers.

The Holy Ghost is therefore not optional in this season. The Spirit has been given as the guarantee, the teacher, the voice behind saying, “This is the way, walk in it.” Human strategy is outdated when God is opening doors before kings and nations. Discernment must become obedience, because God may not give the full picture before the first step. Like Abraham, revelation requires movement. Like a parent watching over a child, God watches more deeply, loves more fully, and calls for trust instead of struggle.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. God already started the new thing God is not waiting to become creative, and the new thing is not trapped in tomorrow. Isaiah’s word places the action in the present, even if the evidence is still underground like a seed. Faithfulness in this season begins with asking for sight, not begging God to begin what he has already started. [04:44]
• 2. Former victories cannot become limits God made a way through the sea, but Isaiah speaks of a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Gratitude for yesterday must not harden into expectation that God must repeat the same method. The living God changes strategy without changing his goodness. [05:31]
• 3. Discernment knows the right time Discernment is not only knowing that something is true, but knowing that the time has come to respond. Naomi heard that God had visited his people, and that hearing became movement. The same Spirit teaches when to pray, when to speak, when to send, when to change, and when to release. [10:42]
• 4. Attention honors divine instruction God’s repeated words, recurring dreams, persistent songs, and steady inner burdens are not small things to brush aside. Attention becomes the place where instruction is preserved before action is taken. Fear and insensitivity both distract, but neither deserves more authority than what God is doing. [13:03]
• 5. Trust moves before full details God often gives enough light for the next step, not the whole map. Abraham moved toward a mountain that would be shown, and that journey required trust before explanation. Obedience matures when revelation becomes movement instead of waiting for every answer to be settled first.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [00:31] - Isaiah 43:19 Reading
• [01:51] - God Has An Expected End
• [04:16] - God Is Already Doing It
• [05:02] - Forget Former Things Rightly
• [06:30] - God Changes Strategy
• [08:02] - Seeing Days Of Visitation
• [10:17] - Discernment Knows The Season
• [13:03] - Pay Attention To Instructions
• [15:39] - Why God Does New Things
• [17:19] - Receiving Discernment By The Spirit
• [18:23] - Relying On The Holy Ghost
• [21:31] - Trust, Move, And Obey
• [22:45] - God Watches Over The Child
• [23:28] - Courage To Follow Instructions

1. Isaiah 43:19 — “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” [00:31]
2. Jeremiah 29:11 — “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” [02:09]
3. Isaiah 30:21 — “And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.” [19:33]
4. Genesis 22:2 — “He said, ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.’” [21:55]

1. In Isaiah 43:19, what does God say he is doing, and what images does he use to describe it?
2. According to Jeremiah 29:11, what kind of plans does the Lord say he has for his people? [02:09]
3. In Isaiah 43:19, how is the new work of God described as different from the earlier story of God making a way through the sea? [05:31]
4. What practical examples are given of discernment in daily life, such as knowing when to pray, send something, speak, or make a change? [11:05]

1. If God says, “I am doing a new thing,” what does that suggest about the difference between asking God to start something and asking God to help someone perceive what he has already begun? [04:44]
2. God told his people not to be trapped by former things, even though he had done mighty works before. Why can past victories become a limit if someone expects God to always work the same way? [06:30]
3. Isaiah 30:21 speaks of hearing, “This is the way, walk in it.” What does that reveal about the role of the Holy Spirit in moments of decision, confusion, or transition? [18:23]
4. In Genesis 22:2, Abraham was told to go to a mountain that would be shown later. What does that show about how God often gives direction step by step instead of all at once? [21:31]

1. Where in life does it feel like nothing is happening, even though God says the new thing is already springing forth? What might it look like to ask for seeing eyes in that specific area? [07:52]
2. Has gratitude for something God did in the past quietly turned into an expectation that he must repeat the same method? Where might there be a need to let go of an old pattern and become open to a different strategy? [11:46]
3. What repeated nudges have been easy to brush aside lately—perhaps a scripture, a dream, a song, a burden to pray, or a step that keeps returning to mind? What would it mean to pay closer attention this week? [13:03]
4. Where is discernment needed right now in a practical way: a relationship, a health matter, a work decision, a family concern, a business move, or a spiritual discipline? What would a timely response look like there? [12:16]
5. In what situation has there been more reliance on personal strength, research, or other people’s methods than on the Holy Spirit’s guidance? What could change if that situation was brought before the Lord more deliberately? [18:31]
6. Is there an area where obedience has been delayed until the full picture becomes clear? What is the next step of trust that can be taken even without having every detail? [21:47]
7. For anyone carrying worry over a child or loved one, what would it look like to move from anxious struggle into trust? How can someone ask, “Lord, what shall I do?” and then respond to the instruction he gives? [23:28]