Verse Text: "Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come and buy and eat. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance. Listen and come to Me, respond so you soul will live."
The obvious answer is yes! However, what’s not so obvious is the reason why. That is, why are we so thirsty all the time?More than ever, we live in a consumer world. We devour stuff as fast as we can. Yet, we can never get enough...of anything. We devour relationships, pleasure, food, work, ministry, entertainment, accomplishments, things, and stuff as fast as we can. However, when it’s all said and done our thirst remains! Look around. We live in an unquenched world. People everywhere are driven along by a thirsting, a wanting, a needing, a longing. But, for what? Why are we so hungry? It’s as simple as this: we were created with an appetite for God. We were created for Him! God says that we are “people that I formed for myself.” (Isaiah 43:21). To make it personal, you were made (formed) for Him. The result...you have a panting soul. With every breath our soul longs for fellowship with God. Though we have been given the gift of many earthly things, and though they do bring a measure of satisfaction to our lives, we were made for God alone. Our soul’s thirst for God is enormous...and far greater than even we comprehend.
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Since God is huge (and we know He is bigger than we can imagine), then it follows that we have been made with an appetite as big as He is. Because God is eternal, our hunger is such that it cannot be satisfied with temporary things. That’s why we’re so hungry all the time. We have an ocean-sized cavern of need, in souls stamped with the image of God.Unfortunately, for most, it’s a cavern scarcely filled by the inconsistent trickle of a thousand earthly streams. As a result, many of us exist in dry land, detached from the river of life flowing from the heart of God. What’s amazing is that in the midst of our desert, God’s invitation stands: ‘Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come and buy and eat. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance. Listen and come to Me, respond so your soul will live.” (Isaiah 55:1-3). What does it mean to come to the waters? We find the answer in verse 4: “Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.” The problem comes when we turn a deaf ear to the invitation of God and try to siphon dry wells to satisfy our souls. Big mistake! To do so is to forget that we were made for God.
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