Christian Simplicity

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.

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.

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.

~ Is 55:1-3 ESV

Have you ever worked really hard at getting or achieving something only to find out in the end that it was not what you thought it was?  Quite often that is the way the world works.  You labor and strive; you give up your life for the promise of something.  When you finally get the something, you find out that it was not all it was made out to be.  Even worse, it is what it was made out to be, but something 2.0 is now available and it promises to be even better.

It is a costly endeavor to continually spend money for what is not bread and wages for what does not satisfy.  Our days turn into weeks and weeks turn into years.  If we do not redeem the time, we will find our lives slipping away as we regularly attempt to eat from a plate that has no food or drink from a glass that has no water.

Father, thank you for the invitation to a life of fulfillment and satisfaction in you.  Forgive us for our foolishness in exchanging our wages for what does not satisfy.  Teach us what is good to eat and how to delight ourselves in the abundance you offer.  Unstop our ears so that we may incline them to you and hear what you would say to us.  We want to live in the everlasting covenant that you have made in Jesus.  Amen.