Our Lord Jesus Christ came into the world to reconcile man with his maker, the Almighty God, so that after having encounter with Jesus Christ his life will be renewed for a better relationship God. After the creation of man and everything on earth, man was meant to live in obedience to the will of God. Unfortunately, he derailed by allowing himself to be deceived by the Devil.

Man disobeyed God and Satan took over the control of the earth, thus he was left to fend for himself. Suffering entered the earth as sin engulfed the life of everyone in it. God was not happy with man’s lifestyle on earth, so, He took a decision to send His only Son to recover and reclaim the lost kingdom. This is by making man to return to God through the repentance of his sins. This is why the Bible in John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

God sent His son Jesus Christ to reverse the evil the Devil has done to man and man is to accept and believe in our Lord Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour to be delivered from Devil’s bondage. Man’s condition after the encounter with the Devil was that of a sinful state. God does not behold sin hence He separates Himself from any sinful man. It is as a result of this, man was ejected from the Garden of Eden where God provided everything for man’s comfort.

Jesus Christ came to bring man back to God, but it must be in his sinless and perfect state. Therefore, the need for repentance that will enable man reject sin and give his life to Christ. The repented heart allows the spirit of God to take over. It is, indeed, a new heart. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God will take over. It is for this, Apostle Paul wrote to the disciples in Corinth in 2Corinthians 5:17-18 saying: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18: And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.”

God will give a new life to any man who has accepted our Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. When we give our life to Christ we become new creatures and God begins to do new things in our lives, families, businesses, and works. The entrance of the Spirit of God into the heart of any man is a blessing in all its ramifications. The life of any man changes for better from the time the Spirit of God enters into his heart. God was emphatic in Haggai 2:18-19, when he said: “Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider it. 19: Is the seed yet in the barn? Yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.” God is making a promise of blessing not minding whether it is the time of harvest, when the seeds are brought to the barn, or not He will begin to bless you. Whosoever God is happy with, He blesses.

In the lead scripture, God advises we forget the old life, our past sinful activities promising to do a new thing. He can make the impossibilities possible such as bringing water in the desert and wilderness to give drink to His Chosen people. At the satisfaction of the people, God expects praises, honour, worship from the people He created and cares for. There is nothing human beings can give to God other than praises, worship, obedience and honour. He demands honour from His people, that is why He queries the Israelites in Malachi 1:6: “A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? And if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, wherein have we despised thy name?” In expectation of new things from God we must reverence and obey Him. In obedience to the word of God, we must repent from all known and unknown sins. We must serve Him by being obedient to His instructions and directives. We must preach the gospel to the perishing souls in order to win sinners and backsliders back to the kingdom. Our Lord Jesus Christ has given us the ministry of reconciliation. When He does a new thing in our life by giving us a new life through the salvation of our souls we are expected to declare the same word to other people outside the kingdom.

We are expected to continue to win souls for Christ as we are converted to declare the word of reconciliation to other people and bring them to repentance in preparation for the rapture of the saints.

God has promised to do a new thing in our life, He has given us the lifeline to make rapture of the saints; we should, therefore, embrace Him. We should hold unto Him to continue to bless us, while we continue to do the work of evangelism and winning souls for Christ. The work of God in our life must not be allowed to lie fallow. It must be put into practice to convert people to the kingdom and as we do so God who has promised to bless us will continue to do good things in our life till the rapture of the saints takes place.

At this juncture, may l ask, are you qualified for God to do a new thing in your life? God cannot do a new thing in your life when you are His enemy. It, therefore, becomes very necessary that you reconcile with Him by turning away from sin and surrendering your life to Him if you have not already done so. This will earn you a place among the people that He will do new things in their lives this year.