Live Abundantly

Isaiah 55

“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.
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.”

⁶ Seek the Lord while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
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.
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.
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.”

 

We are dying out here spiritually and mentally trying to chase dreams and fortunes, while neglecting the word of God, and each other as human beings.  We are not taking our minds and hearts to a place of depth and soul searching, believing there’s more out there than just material opportunities.  Our world tells us it takes money to make money.  But God tells us that it takes our hearts and souls to cry out in search of Him to receive our inheritance.  We shop ‘til we drop, clothing our hurts and pains thinking no one will see the despair that is going on inside.  We talk and converse with empty words edifying or tearing down man, when God should be our every spoken word and edified daily to keep this kingdom in which we live in tip top joy.  God says, He wants to give us the keys to the kingdom, however, we won’t knock on the door with truth and sincerity for Him to hand them over.  The word of God is the map to His heart.  He teaches what pleases, and displeases Him.  He can’t put a fortune into our hand and let satan and his demonic crew who are working on our brothers and sisters talk us out of it.  God says He wants to bring nations to us, making kings and queens our fathers and mothers.  But if we can’t communicate to them in His language not our world’s language, we defeat His purpose.  There should not be the threat of nuclear war, mass killings, or hunger and starvation going on when there is more money today than ever.  Isaiah 53:6 says, all of us are like sheep gone astray; we have turned, everyone, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.  So since we have not humbled ourselves to His call, we have turned our world into chaos, operating our own missions under the hand of satan. Live abundant in the word of God and turn your world around.

 

Blessings to you all as you live abundantly in Christ,

 

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.