Thought For Today - August 10, 2022
Are You Thirsty? Come and Drink. Are You Hungry? Come and Dine.
By Robert A. Searles
"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath
no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is
not bread? and you labor for that which satisfieth not? Hearken
diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul
delight itself in fatness." Isaiah 55: 1,2.
"Seek
ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thought: and
let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to
our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Isaiah 55: 6,7.
e, and cleansing power, and
satisfaction for our hungry souls. Those wh
Think about the wonderful grace of God and the gift of God's love; God
offering himself to us as the source of lifo know not God in the world
are empty and hungry and thirsty, and lack satisfaction for their souls.
Those who know not God are forever pursuing happiness and never
finding it. Those who know not God, toil and sweat and labor, and spend
their years in endless searching for something that will make sense in
their lives.
lowship with him through the Lord Jesus Christ. God says that if we
are God made
humans in his likeness in such a way that the only thing that makes
sense and brings joy and happiness and fulfillment to their lives is
when they are right with him and in the right relationship and
fel thirsty we can come without money and drink from the living waters.
And if we are hungry we can come without money and eat the bread of
life. God has spread a banquet before us. He has paid the price and he
invites all who will to come and enjoy the feast at his expense, all by
free grace - God's riches at Christ's expense.
"Thou
preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou
anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the
house of the Lord for ever." Psalm 23: 5,6.
Whosoever will may come. Jesus said: "He that cometh unto me, I will in
no wise cast out". "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness for they shall be filled." Matthew 5:6.
Jesus
answered the woman of Samaria and said: "If thou knewest the gift of
God, and who it is that saith to thee, give me to drink; thou wouldest
have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman
saith unto him, sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is
deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater
than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof
himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto
her, whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever
drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the
water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up
into everlasting life." John 4: 10-14.
The words of the hymn writer puts it this way: "There is a fountain
filled with blood which flowed from Immanuel's veins. Sinners plunged
beneath that flood loose all their guilty stains." Yes, they loose their
spiritual hunger, they loose their thirst, they are filled from within,
they are satisfied in Jesus. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found and
he will satisfy your thirst and your hunger.
"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come to the waters, and he that hath no
money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money
and without price." Isaiah 55:1.
All who call upon the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved. Jesus said: "whosoever cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.'
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, by faith call upon him and receive forgiveness of sins.
"For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:
8,9.
The
wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all
sin. Believe it, and receive Christ today and you will never be
spiritually hungry and thirsty again.
Telehelp Publications Christian Literature Ministry
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