Thy kingdom come

The One who makes all things new is writing the rest of the story | Mindy Belz

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We reporters see too much human nature. We may resist speculation in our writing, but generally we think we know what's coming down the pike.

When Osama bin Laden puts out an audiotape declaring a plan to establish a base in Iraq and carry jihad all the way to Palestine, we're inclined to believe he'll do it. When a freshman lawmaker tells the cameras he intends to change the culture of Washington, we're inclined to believe he will return home amid scandal and broken promises. "What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9).

Sometimes we don't bother with the rest of the story, living we presume in the kingdom of man (or Satan). We need help remembering that the earth is the Lord's. "Behold, I am doing a new thing" (Isaiah 43:19).