Isaiah 43:16

16 “This is what the Lord says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters,

17  who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.

19 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.

20 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

21 the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.

Behold I do a new thing…will you not perceive it?

• Shall ye not know it (KJV)
• Will you not be aware of it? (AMP)
• Do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? (AMPC)
• Don’t you recognize it? (CEB)
• Can’t you see it? (CJB)
• There it is!  Do you see it? (CEV)
• Surely you know this is true. (ERV)
• It is already happening.  Don’t you see it? (EXB)

Perceive – awake to the reality

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

• Correct perception of the past.

What really went down?

• Accurate view of the present.

What’s really going on?

• A glimpse of the future.  

What will happen if you do not change and continue on the current path.

What is the Spirit saying to you today?  Will you not perceive it?  Will you AWAKEN?