Isaiah 55

March 22, 2022

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Isaiah 55 (NIV)

Invitation to the Thirsty
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.
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 you will delight in the richest of fare.............Continue Reading

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  1. 11so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,
    but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

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  3. After all the promises of what He would do for Israel found in chapter 54, it makes sense that this chapter would begin with the offer and encouragement to come and drink. To receive the truth and provisions that God provides that really satisfy. All the other things that Israel (and us) have run to are empty and unable to accomplish what sin deceives us to think it will. Only God has what we need, if we would only realize that and come and take from Him what He has and listen and follow. If we do, we will find Him faithful and able. God’s thoughts are not our thoughts (verse 8) but they can be as we turn from our thoughts and embrace His. It is then that we will do things like go out in joy and be led forth in peace. And this all for the Lord’s renown ( but it brings great benefit to us as well).

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  5. What a great chapter showing Gods love and desire for his people to come back to him. You can’t help but feel. The passion God has for us. Needed to read today verse 12. Go out in joy led forth in peace.

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  6. I always like the reminder given in vs. 8-9 that His thoughts and ways are not like outs. The reminder that we can’t put His power, His love, His mercy, or His ability to forgive in a box. We can not compare His infinite knowledge and thinking to our finite minds, therefore we must have faith that what He does He does with the vastness we could never grasp!

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  7. God calls Israel to come to Him and eat and drink that which satisfies!

    It made me think of Jesus as the “the word”, “the living water”, and “the bread of life” in John.

    WORD – John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

    Jesus says basically the same thing in vs. 27:
    BREAD – John 6: 25- 35 -“When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
    Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
    28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
    29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
    30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
    32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
    34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
    35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

    WATER – John 4 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

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  8. Just read chapter 55, i thought reading the past several chapters back to back would be Boring and unfulfilling, I was wrong….

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