Isaiah 55

An Invitation to Abundant Life

Oh what an invitation!!! I so desire the place of abundant life, the place where Jesus dwells and I have been made welcome and invited to come, not to just sip, not to glance longingly as though through a shop window. But oh I accept a thousand times accept the invitation to come and be and drink and twirl and rest and curl up in the arms of the one I love, the one who calls my name and leads me to the place of abundance. 

 ¹ “Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
      Come to the waters; 
      And you who have no money, 
      Come, buy and eat. 
      Yes, come, buy wine and milk 
      Without money and without price. 
       ² Why do you spend money for what is not bread, 
      And your wages for what does not satisfy? 
      Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, 
      And let your soul delight itself in abundance. 

I am parched and thirsty, oh so deeply thirsty, for that fresh touch of God, for the abiding presence that is the moment when we enter the place that He dwells. Without price, without cost, without striving, without all the frills and spills of life's achievement focused mentality. Oh I drink so so deeply of the sweetness of His Word and presence. I long for more, I long to know how to feast only on the riches that He lays on the table before me. Oh that my ignorant mind would be enlightened and my flesh crucified that I could fully and completely give everything I have to the one I love!

       ³ Incline your ear, and come to Me. 
      Hear, and your soul shall live; 
      And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— 
      The sure mercies of David. 
       ⁴ Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people, 
      A leader and commander for the people. 
       ⁵ Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, 
      And nations who do not know you shall run to you, 
      Because of the LORD your God, 
      And the Holy One of Israel; 
      For He has glorified you.” 

SHABA!!!!

       ⁸ “ For My thoughts are not your thoughts, 
      Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. 
       ⁹ “ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 
      So are My ways higher than your ways, 
      And My thoughts than your thoughts. 

Almighty God, forgive me for the times that I have created my image of you from my perfected image of humanity. Thank you that you are so incredibly more and unimaginably greater and are full of divine contradictions that we can never get our head around so that we can never ever put you in a box. 

       ¹⁰ “ For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, 
      And do not return there, 
      But water the earth, 
      And make it bring forth and bud, 
      That it may give seed to the sower 
      And bread to the eater, 
       ¹¹ So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; 
      It shall not return to Me void, 
      But it shall accomplish what I please, 
      And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 

OH MY GOSH this has come up so much today!!! And as we were spoken into being, WE are words of God as well and we will accomplish what He has set out for us. Every promise, every word, every desire...they will not return to HIm void empty or fruitless. I cling and rejoice in that truth and remind myself daily of the words from His mouth. 

       ¹² “ For you shall go out with joy, 
      And be led out with peace; 
      The mountains and the hills 
      Shall break forth into singing before you, 
      And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 
       ¹³ Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, 
      And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; 
      And it shall be to the LORD for a name, 
      For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

Jesus i love you, you bless my heart beyond measure and satisfy and refresh my soul beyond what I could imagine possible. Thank you for your love, your grace, your living water which never runs dry. I love you