Isaiah 54-55: Can't Get No Satisfaction

“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. - Is. 55:1-3 NIV

I get thirsty sometimes, parched in fact.  And poor, so poor.  Then I realize that Jesus promises the same thing as Isaiah.  "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they will be filled.  Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

It's in times of want that we realize the inability of any external source to provide true satisfaction. The most abundant supply of food and water can not fill us up.  All the money in the world cannot buy what we need.  We must be emptied out and impoverished before we are able to receive that which can truly satisfy.  It is to the thirsty and poor that the promise is sweet.  The rest will never be satisfied.

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