Tuesday, November 26, 2024

“LISTEN DILIGENTLY TO ME!”

 


Isaiah 55:1-4                    (ESV)


The Compassion of the LORD


    “[1] “Come, EVERYONE who thirsts,

        come to the waters;

    and he who has no money,

        come, BUY and eat!

    Come, BUY wine and milk

        WITHOUT MONEY and without price. 

    [2] Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,

        and your labor for that which does not satisfy?

    “LISTEN DILIGENTLY TO ME”, and EAT WHAT IS GOOD,

        and delight yourselves in rich food. 

    [3] Incline your ear, and come to ME;

        hear, THAT YOUR SOUL MAY LIVE;

    and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,

        MY STEADFAST, SURE LOVE FOR DAVID. 

    [4] Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,

        a leader and commander for the peoples.”





When I was growing up (a LONG time ago!), I was taught a song that said “Be careful little eyes what you see”.  That song could have been written about the focal passages this morning?!?  2 Corinthians 4:3-4 plainly says “And even if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the “god of this world” has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, TO KEEP THEM FROM SEEING the light of the gospel of the GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD.”!!!  Satan does EVERYTHING possible to prevent humanity from SEEING the GLORY OF CHRIST!!!


The WORD OF GOD (John 1:1) explicitly says that we MUST “LISTEN DILIGENTLY TO ME” in today’s Scripture. HE says in Isaiah 55:3 that we should “Incline your ear, and come to ME; hear, THAT YOUR SOUL MAY LIVE; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, MY STEADFAST, SURE LOVE FOR DAVID”!  We Believers are granted the same LOVE that THE WORD expressed for David here!  But we ARE REQUIRED to “LISTEN DILIGENTLY TO ME” before we are able to HEAR from HIM!!!


We need not bother to listen to HIM when we don’t have FAITH that HE is WHO HE says HE is!!  The WORD tells us to “LISTEN DILIGENTLY TO ME” not because we need something, but because we LOVE HIM and want to do what GLORIFIES HIM!!

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