God Is Doing a New Thing—But Are You Looking in the Right Place?

Have you been waiting for God to do something new in your life—but looking for the evidence in all the wrong places?

Welcome to another Coffee Conversation, where we have real conversations about real life through a biblical lens.

In this episode of Purified and Proven, Clarisa Mann reflects on Isaiah 43 and what it means to recognize when God is doing a new thing. After receiving an unexpected confirmation through Isaiah 43:2, she returned to the chapter and found herself drawn to another question in Isaiah 43:19:

“Do you not perceive it?”

When we pray for change, it's easy to look for something tangible—a new job, relationship, opportunity, financial breakthrough, or change in circumstances. But what if some of the first evidence of God's work isn't happening around you?

What if it's happening within you?

Clarisa shares some of the internal changes she has begun recognizing in her own life and encourages listeners to consider the growth they may have overlooked while waiting for their circumstances to change.

If you've been waiting on God, praying for a new season, or wondering whether God is working in your life, this Coffee Conversation may help you recognize that the new thing you've been asking for could have already begun.

In This Episode

✔ What Isaiah 43 teaches us about God's presence in difficult seasons

✔ Recognizing God's confirmation and encouragement

✔ What “Do you not perceive it?” can teach us about noticing growth

✔ Why we shouldn't only look for external evidence of change

✔ Recognizing confidence, consistency, hope, wisdom, and determination as growth

✔ Learning to seek God's strategy instead of responding with panic

✔ How to recognize what God may already be developing within you

Scripture References

📖 Isaiah 43:2

📖 Isaiah 43:19-20

Key Takeaway

Sometimes we're so focused on asking God to change what's around us that we don't recognize what He's already changing within us.

The new thing may not begin with a new opportunity, relationship, job, or circumstance.

It may begin with you.

Don't overlook the confidence, wisdom, discipline, patience, boundaries, hope, or deeper trust in God that wasn't there before.

Reflection Questions

• What do I have within me now that I didn't have six months or a year ago?
• Have I been overlooking internal growth because I'm waiting for an external change?
• Where can I see evidence that God has been developing my character, faith, or perspective?
• What might God be asking me to perceive differently in this season?

Something to Think About This Week

Take a few minutes and ask yourself:

“What is new in me?”

Maybe you're more patient.

Maybe you've established boundaries you couldn't establish before.

Maybe you're more disciplined.

Maybe you recover from disappointment faster.

Maybe you're learning to seek God before panicking.

Maybe you're finally believing something God has been telling you for years.

Write it down.

The evidence that God is doing something new may be closer than you think.

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If this Coffee Conversation encouraged you, share it with someone who has been waiting for God to move and may need the reminder to look again.

God may already be doing something new.