“Oh God, we need a heart revival, we long for a soul awakening
A hope to wake us from our sleeping to see You resurrecting everything
Like the winter turns to spring, like the deserts turn to streams
You’re doing a new thing, You’re doing a new thing, like the rain on thirsty ground
Holy Spirit, pour it out, You’re doing a new thing, You’re doing a new thing”
What a beautiful song with a wonderful message. And the harmonies throughout are just lovely!
After the song, Melody and Patrick who are members of Passion shared about how the song ‘New Thing’ was created.
Patrick talks about how he was inspired by how in scripture it talks about spring and things being new. “I just kept being so excited about new life and spring,” he said.
Melody went on to talk about the scripture references that the song points to.
“We had been talking about this whole idea of God doing something new and bringing us forward from Isaiah 43 and 44 at our church,” she said. “The Israelites are looking around and all that they see is a desert. They see wilderness, they see bareness, and they’re just wondering ‘Where’s God? What’s happening? What’s going on?’ And that’s when God comes and says and he prophesizes ‘Behold, I am doing a new thing. I am making a way in the wilderness. I am making streams in the desert.’ And I think for all of us, coming out of 2020 and even 2021, it was just like, ‘I’m looking around and this is what I feel like I’m walking through. I feel like this is my life right now. And I need to believe that God is still here and God is still doing something and He’s doing a new thing.’”
We hope that you enjoyed listening to ‘New Thing’ by Passion today and it was able to bring you some encouragement.
Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
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