Today’s Reading: Isaiah 56-61
“Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink – even if you have no money!
Come, take your choice of wine or milk – it’s all free!
Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?
Why pay for food that does you no good?
Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food.” – Isaiah 55:1-3
COME TO THE WATER.
“Come to me with your ears wide open.
Listen, and you will find life.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you.
I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.” – Isaiah 55:3
Seek the Lord while you can find him.
Call on him now while he is near…
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts are higher than your thoughts.” – Isaiah 55:6-9
COME TO THE WATER.
It is in seeking God that I find Him. It is in calling on Him that I hear from Him. It is in following His ways that I get a front row seat to what HE wants to do — His will, His way, in His time. When I spend time studying His word, I often receive a word from Him — a promise from long ago that He is renewing in my own life.
Feed the hungry,
and help those in trouble.
Then your light will shine out from the darkness,
and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.
The Lord will guide you continually,
giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like an ever-flowing spring. – Isaiah 58:10-11
COME TO THE WATER.
What is God calling you to do today? For what purpose is He anointing you? What difference is God calling you to make in the life of another person this week? Will you allow the One who offers living water to fill you so that you can be a conduit of grace to those who are thirsty? Will you allow rivers of living water to flow from you as God uses you in the lives of others?
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
for the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
and to proclaim that captives will be released
and prisoners will be freed.
He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come,
and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.
To all who mourn in Israel,
he will give a crown of beauty for ashes,
a joyous blessing instead of mourning,
festive praise instead of despair.
In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks
that the Lord has planted for his own glory. – Isaiah 61:1-3
COME TO THE WATER.
COME AND DRINK.
COME WITH EARS WIDE OPEN.
SEEK THE LORD AND CALL ON HIM.
COME TO THE WATER.