Dec. 14
NOTHING OLD
"And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things
new" Rev. 21:5
Glory be to His name! All things need making new, for they are
sadly battered and worn by sin. It is time that the old vesture was
rolled up and laid aside, and that creation put on her Sunday suit.
But no one else can make all things new except the Lord who made them
at the first; for it needs as much power to make out of evil as to
make out of nothing. Our Lord Jesus has undertaken the task, and He is
fully competent for the performance of it. Already He has commenced
His labor, and for centuries He has persevered in making new the
hearts of men, and the order of society. By-and-by He will make new
the whole constitution of human government, and human nature shall be
changed by His grace; and there shall come a day when the body shall
be made new, and raised like unto His glorious body.
What a joy to belong to a kingdom in which everything is being made
new by the power of its King! We are not dying out: we are hastening
on to a more glorious life. Despite the opposition of the powers of
evil, our glorious Lord Jesus is accomplishing His purpose, and making
us, and all things about us, "new," and as full of beauty as when they
first came from the hand of the Lord.