“Give ear and come to Me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, My faithful love promised to David.” Isaiah 55:3 NIV
Invitations at the end of a sermon can often be somewhat trite, simple. The Lord’s invitation is far different. His invitation needs to be understood by every Christian and proclaimed to everyone. The Hebrew would use the word “Ho!” One might hear this at a Market where all the sellers are trying to get the attention of those who are passing by. The implication is, there is a world of people who are thirsty and hungry. The idea of receiving something for free always gets our attention. Though the thirsty and hungry still need to “buy,” there is no monetary cost. The invitation is to those in poverty to come buy and eat. Though there is no price, what is offered far exceeds what anyone else can offer. The offer is not just water, nor is it junk food, but that which is of the greatest desire: wine, milk, and rich food. For people were spending their money and yet not receiving the “bread” that will sustain or satisfy them. What is purchased elsewhere leaves them hungry and starving. It’s interesting that we keep looking and spending in all the wrong places for all the wrong things. Like the foolishness of the prodigal son, everything he thought the world would provide had always been available in the father’s house. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness! How foolish when we eat and eat and eat the physical food of this world thinking that one more bite will somehow satisfy! Come and enjoy the rich food of the Lord. That is the invitation!
PRAYER THOUGHT
Lord Jesus, thank you for being the Bread of Life to us.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord, we confess how foolish we are when we eat and eat and eat the physical food of this world thinking that one more bite will somehow satisfy! Yet You are the Bread of life. AMEN
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)
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