Nothing is new under the sun

Nothing is new under the sun.

Over sixty years ago, the song “Que Sera, Sera” burst onto the scene,  “Whatever will be, will be.” It is the same note that the writer of Ecclesiastes originally sounded centuries ago as he contemplated the same old sameness of human existence.

Don’t you sometimes feel that way too? Nothing new happens, it is the same old routine.  We see new technologies and new discoveries all around us, but nothing changes.  We may have the latest smartphone or the newest television, but it does not make a dent in who we are or how we relate to other people.

What the writer of Ecclesiastes could not yet see, and we sometimes fail to see, is that there really is something new “under the sun”.  All because of Jesus!

Because of his resurrection, we can start each day in hope.  Matthew was collecting taxes, and Nathanael was lying under a tree when Jesus called them and changed their lives forever.  As he did for them, so he does for you.  He is calling you out of the dullness of a life that ends with death and inviting you into a new life with far wider horizons, a life  the offers you greater and greater transformation into his image.

The resurrection changes everything.  It is not just an article of your faith; it is a promise that can become the foundation of our hope and joy.  It is also something we can begin to experience her and now as we ask the Holy Spirit to give us a taste of Jesus’ love.

The author of Ecclesiastes looked out on a bleak landscape and saw nothing worth getting excited about.  All he saw as a meaningless endless cycle of life and death, leading to nothing.  That does not have to be your vision!  Today may look like every other Wednesday of your life, but in God’s eyes, it is brimming with potential.  Jesus has new things he wants to show you.  He has new areas of your life in which you can experience his love and compassion, wisdom and joy.

Every day brings new opportunities – because every day bring new challenges.  Every day, there absolutely is something new under the sun!

-word among us