Are You Thirsty?
Isaiah 55:1-6 NIV
"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. 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. Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, My faithful love promised to David. See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the peoples. Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations that do not know you will hasten to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has endowed you with splendor. Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near."
What a beautiful passage! What a wonderful thought! If you're thirsty, just come to His waters! If you're hungry, eat of the meat of His Word! It doesn't matter whether you have money or not, just come to Him! His gift is free! No charge. Jesus has already paid your tab!
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Whether we want to admit it or not, you and I spend a great deal of our time focused on disobeying God. That's right, disobeying God! Think about your typical day. You get up, get dressed and go to work. If you do pray, it's probably with one eye shut and the other eye on your watch, making sure you get out the door so you'll get to work on time. At work, all of your effort is on doing your job, pleasing your boss so that you'll keep your job and, perhaps, so that you'll get that promotion or raise so you can make more money. Later, at home, you cook, eat, then flop down in front of the television for three or four hours - or plant yourself in front of your computer for a few hours of e-mail, chatting and surfing. Then, after the news, you crawl into bed exhausted, yearning for sleep so you can get up tomorrow and repeat the whole process.
And yet, you're not satisfied. Your day seems empty. Something's missing. What is it? You haven't fed your soul. You haven't watered the thirst in your Spirit. And, just as you will get sick and weak if you don't feed your body and give it physical food and drink, you will get sick and weak spiritually if you don't feed and water your soul.
Hungry? Thirsty? Do what Isaiah says: Come to Him (open your Bible), listen to Him (read His Word), seek Him (pray without looking at your watch), call on Him (ask Him for guidance, for knowledge, for wisdom, for whatever you need!). He has "endowed you with splendor" - let Him fill your life with the richness of His Spirit. It's the only thing in life worth having that is truly free!
Think about it.
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