Isaiah 55:1-11 English Standard Version

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.

5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.

6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Here is the invitation and the really good news is that the time and place to accept the invitation is up to you to decide when you are ready to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

Verse 2 above speaks to a life lived that is not satisfying. No one ever wants to change their lives as long as it is satisfying.

Turning away from a life that is not satisfying is called repentance. We all must turn away from the life we lived and seek this new one, based on the covenant that God has made to everyone that has placed their faith in the atoning works of the Cross of Christ.

You do not have to understand all the promises God has made in this new covenant in order to accept the invitation by faith. Understanding will come by the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, who comes to everyone who has accepted this invitation.

Are you tired of the life you have chosen for yourself? Do you want forgiveness for every mistake you ever made? Do you want security, peace and a loving relationship with the One who will never leave you nor forsake you? Maybe now is the time.