Isaiah 55 (AMP) Wait and listen, everyone who is thirsty! Come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Yes, come, buy [priceless, spiritual] wine and milk without money and without price [simply for the self-surrender that accepts the blessing].
2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your earnings for what does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness [the profuseness of spiritual joy].
Recently in Isaiah 30 we read that in returning to God we can find rest and in resting and trusting in Him we find strength. Today's verses give us a similar message, the Amplified Bible starts with "wait and listen". It calls for us to be attentive to God's call in our lives. I think back to Elijah and the still small voice.
Many in today's society can't wait. They are looking for satisfaction in things that can never bring satisfaction. Mick Jagger put it well, "I can't get no satisfaction". Apart from God, he was right.
Just reading the word "come" brings images to mind from the New Testament where Jesus called individuals to "come" to Him, follow Him. Following, chasing after anything else is just chasing after the wind. Read the words to the song made popular by Steve Green.
A Chasing of the Wind
Every heart is filled with longing
To be free from all life's pain
Yet the search through earthly pleasures
Always ends in vain
Only God who made the heavens
Can satisfy our souls
Apart from Him and all His meaning
All things fail as they begin
And hearts deceived
Can only know
A chasing of the wind
All achievements, all possessions
All with time return to dust
Only God can be our reason
For deep and quiet trust
He will guard us from the dangers
That gladly make men fools
Apart from Him and all His meaning
All things fail as they begin
And hearts deceived
Can only know
A chasing of the wind
A chasing of the wind
Think of those words of the verse, "hearken" or listen diligently to me. With all the commotion, like the earthquakes and tempests in Elijah's vision, this diligence is required to hear that "still small voice" that gentle whisper.
To be free from all life's pain
Yet the search through earthly pleasures
Always ends in vain
Only God who made the heavens
Can satisfy our souls
Apart from Him and all His meaning
All things fail as they begin
And hearts deceived
Can only know
A chasing of the wind
All achievements, all possessions
All with time return to dust
Only God can be our reason
For deep and quiet trust
He will guard us from the dangers
That gladly make men fools
Apart from Him and all His meaning
All things fail as they begin
And hearts deceived
Can only know
A chasing of the wind
A chasing of the wind
Think of those words of the verse, "hearken" or listen diligently to me. With all the commotion, like the earthquakes and tempests in Elijah's vision, this diligence is required to hear that "still small voice" that gentle whisper.
Mike
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Isaiah 55 (ESV)The Compassion of the Lord
"Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
hear, that your soul may live;
and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.
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