Isaiah 55:1-3

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

From Background Notes [BN] for September 1^st & 2^nd written by Pastor Bob Brown:

There is excitement in God’s call since “food and drink” were essentials to life, and poor people labored severely to provide enough for their families. It was good news for them!

 

Offering free drink and free food from the hand of God “delights the soul” as well as the body. To receive such nourishment God’s people must “give ear and come” to the Lord so that He might “make an everlasting covenant with” them. Come, says the prophet, so that God might surround them with His “faithful love” (Hebrew: heṣed — loyalty rooted in God’s commitment and reliability). In short, God urges Israel to take advantage of His generous offer of life to replace “your labor on what does not satisfy.”[BN, 3]

Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:

* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am, 5:30pm