Drink Life

Read Isaiah 55
 
THE gospel message continues from Isaiah 54. In each verse this chapter will be familiar to many and inspiring to all. Let’s consider God’s good news promises:
 
Verse 1a Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!
 
How often does the Bible speak of water as God’s image of life? Water is in all life. Water cleanses, renews, quenches and revives. John 4:14 (To the Samaritan woman at the well Jesus said), Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”  The Living Water is our answer to sin’s dry, lifeless nature. Jesus Christ is always our satisfaction.
 
Verse 1b-2a 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?
 
The LORD God through the Son and Spirit provides you with life eternal. In Jesus, you will have life without cost. Romans 3:24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Remember who supplies your needs: Matthew 6:11 “Give us this day our daily bread.”
 
Verse 2b Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
 
Yes, Jesus is more than daily bread. John 6:48-50 I am the bread of life. 49 Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. The sweet Bread of Life feeds you daily and forever.
 
Verse 3: Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
 
Jesus, born in David’s lineage, gives the fullness of God. Luke 2:10-12 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.” What joy we know because the Savior has come to welcome us to his side, to his life. Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
 
Verse 4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the peoples.
 
Yes, Jesus has come to bear witness of God. John 14:10 Don’t you believe that I am in the  Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. The Holy Spirt has given us the eyes to see Jesus leading us into heaven. He is our commander, pointing us to the truth. 1 Timothy 6:13 In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession.
 
How beautifully the Scriptures point to Jesus. Do you understand and know a deeper connection with Jesus as you read how the prophets so perfectly foretell and describe his character and work? We’ll continue with Isaiah 55 in our next lesson.