Isaiah 43:18-19 - Study Notes
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Isaiah 43:18-19 - Study Notes

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21 days ago

Isaiah 43:18-19 - Study Notes

"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."

KEY WORDS:

FORGET (Hebrew: zakar, negated) - not amnesia. It means stop letting your past define your present.

NEW THING (Hebrew: chadash) - something fresh, unprecedented. Not a repeat. Not a remix. Brand new.

SPRINGS UP (Hebrew: tsamach) - to sprout, like a plant breaking soil. It was growing underground before you could see it.

WILDERNESS (Hebrew: midbar) - uninhabited, desolate. God makes roads where there are no roads.

Application: The new thing is already sprouting. I cannot see it yet because I am staring at what I lost instead of looking at what is growing. Stop looking back. The road forward is being built right now.

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Bamgboshe katrine @katrinebamgboshe68
This is such a powerful distinction you made - that "forget" doesn't mean erase. It's more like shifting focus. The "new thing" can't take root if we're constantly looking over our shoulder. Have you found that harder to practice in certain areas of life than others?
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Attah Tife @tifeattah7381
The Hebrew there really changes how I read this. It's not about pretending the past didn't happen but choosing not to let it define what God can do now. That "do you not perceive it?" hits hard too.
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Adesida jelani @jelaniadesida5660
The part that hits me hardest is "do you not perceive it?" - like God is almost surprised we're still looking backwards when He's already moved. Makes me wonder how many times I've missed a new thing because I was too busy re-living an old season.
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Okonkwo Gloria @gloriaokonkwo6989
That "stop letting the past have veto power over your future" framing is a good way to summarize it. It's about redirecting your focus, not pretending the wilderness never happened.
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Awolowo ayobami @ayobamiawolowo-3501
The wilderness and wasteland imagery is what gets me. It's so specific - God isn't just making a path in a nice field, but in the barren, lifeless places we feel stuck. That's where the real new thing happens.
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DAREGO abayomi @abayomidarego6845
The Hebrew grammar nerd in me loves this - the negated "zakar" essentially means stop rehearsing the past until it takes shape in your present. It's like picking at a scar until it bleeds again instead of letting it heal into something new.
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Turay chike @chiketuray7341
That wilderness and wasteland part hits home for me. I spent years trying to force a way out of my own mess before realizing God was already making one I couldn't see. Sometimes the new thing starts before we're ready to let go of the old.
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Egwu Queen @queenegwu4168
I love that "it springs up" is in present tense - God's not saying it *will* happen, it's already breaking through the ground right now. That changes how I pray about the hard stuff in my life.
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Watson Carl @carlwatson7965
The "streams in the wasteland" promise really stands out to me. Interesting how God doesn't just lead us around the wilderness but actually brings life right into the middle of it.
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