October 29

When you read big chunks of Isaiah, you begin to get a feel for what God is saying and the great promises found in the chapters of the 50’s. What great promises! There are so many things that the Lord wants to give us including an everlasting joy, but it was Isaiah 55 that hit me. It is where we are as a church.

Isaiah 55:1 (NIV84) — 1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

How in the world are we going to buy without money? Who will provide for us? Look at the first line, “come, all you who are thirsty”. Are you thirsty? That is the key! Do you thirst for God? When you do you realize you have nothing to trade for His supply, for His goodness, for His forgiveness!

Isaiah 55:2 (NIV84) — 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.

We chase after things that satisfy us and we don’t find them! God wants to give us what is good! Our souls will delight in the richest of fare! Up until this point there has been a lot of judgment and Assyria has taken God’s people captive, but after the redeemer comes, there will be no more captivity except that which we ourselves enter into. God tells us to come out – He wants to satisfy us. Did you get that? He wants to satisfy you! Tell Him you are thirsty for that, and then tell Him what will satisfy you. You may think about money or beauty or material things or correcting circumstances, but if your soul is satisfied, you will live on a level of satisfaction that no outside circumstances can shake.

Cory Asbury’s song: “My soul sings, my soul sings, my soul sings, how I love you.”