The greatest "new thing" God ever did was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. Think about it - when God chose to enter our world in an unprecedented way, He didn't repeat the dramatic signs of Exodus. He didn't part waters or send plagues. Instead, He worked quietly, through an unwed mother, in an unremarkable town, during an inconvenient census. And most people missed it.

Today we're standing between Christmas and the new year and here's the beautiful truth: The God of Christmas is still the God of new things. The same God who brought life through a virgin's womb still brings life to dead situations. God's new things often start small — a stream in the desert, a baby in a manger. But they grow to change everything.