"Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David." Isaiah 55:3
I love the promises of God. In good times they remind me of His faithfulness. How He has blessed me. How He has led me. How He has rescued me. In difficult times they remind me He is near. They give me strength and hope. They help me get up when I have fallen. They lead me on.
What comes to mind when you think of what God has promised you? Do you know all of His promises? Do you know any? The Bible is full of commands and instructions, and sometimes they may seem too hard to follow, and for other people in another time. But they're not. They're for you and for your good. And so are His promises.
Through His prophet Isaiah, God said, "Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen and you will find life." That's both a command and a promise. The invitation is to come and listen: To learn His ways; To seek the truth of His love. The promise is to find life. That's something worth finding, wouldn't you say? Do you want to know what God has for you? Seek the LORD while you can find him, Isaiah says. Call on him now while he is near. (Is. 55:6)
The Bible is full of good advice, better than any book, magazine, or blog you will ever read. Writers who use the Bible to teach spiritual truths are worth listening to, and I hope you learn a lot from the things I share. But don't just rely on writers and teachers of the truth. Seek God's truth for yourself from the Bible and by listening to Him speak to you. What is He saying? How is He guiding you? What promises do you need to discover?
"My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the LORD. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine." (Isaiah 55:8) There is much to know about your God. There is much to seek. Don't miss the opportunity to know Him in a deeper way. Don't miss the good instructions and promises He has for you.
"Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen and you will find life."
I love the promises of God. In good times they remind me of His faithfulness. How He has blessed me. How He has led me. How He has rescued me. In difficult times they remind me He is near. They give me strength and hope. They help me get up when I have fallen. They lead me on.
What comes to mind when you think of what God has promised you? Do you know all of His promises? Do you know any? The Bible is full of commands and instructions, and sometimes they may seem too hard to follow, and for other people in another time. But they're not. They're for you and for your good. And so are His promises.
Through His prophet Isaiah, God said, "Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen and you will find life." That's both a command and a promise. The invitation is to come and listen: To learn His ways; To seek the truth of His love. The promise is to find life. That's something worth finding, wouldn't you say? Do you want to know what God has for you? Seek the LORD while you can find him, Isaiah says. Call on him now while he is near. (Is. 55:6)
The Bible is full of good advice, better than any book, magazine, or blog you will ever read. Writers who use the Bible to teach spiritual truths are worth listening to, and I hope you learn a lot from the things I share. But don't just rely on writers and teachers of the truth. Seek God's truth for yourself from the Bible and by listening to Him speak to you. What is He saying? How is He guiding you? What promises do you need to discover?
"My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the LORD. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine." (Isaiah 55:8) There is much to know about your God. There is much to seek. Don't miss the opportunity to know Him in a deeper way. Don't miss the good instructions and promises He has for you.
"Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen and you will find life."
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
