Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost".
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This chapter is a continuation of chapter 54. God has returned to redeem our relationship with Himself. And look! He has brought with Him everything necessary to make it happen. We have nothing to bring and we need nothing more than a spiritually hungry for a renewed relationship.
It's called a "free ride". All we need to do is listen...and respond to God's overture. "Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live...Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near".
Most of us probably think the action of "seeking God" would be harder than "listening". I don't think so. I'm curious that my greatest liability is my failure to listen. I'm pretty good at responding to God...when I hear Him. The ability to respond appropriately to God is a function of the Holy Spirit that lives in us. Conversely, the ability to "listen" is a function of our own hearts. When we're stubborn we put our hands over our ears and hum a tune...so the words of God can't get through. How, then, could we respond?
Let me suggest why this is so important. God says "as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it".
But, of course, if we don't hear it...
And, the result? "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands".
It all begins with "listening"...and it will serve as "an everlasting sign, that will endure forever.”
Live boldly out there today...
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