Isaiah 55
Dear RTB’ers,
It is often the case that I’ll be reading sections in Isaiah that are not very familiar to me, but then I’ll run across verses that I know quite well – often because I know them as music or as tried-and-true teachings. That’s the case today with Isaiah 55:6,8-9,11,12. All five of these verses are familiar to me; I even cited verse 11 eight days ago in reading Isaiah 45:23. It is my hope that more and more Scripture becomes more and more familiar to all of us, as we continue to read day after day, month after month, year after year.
But today a different verse jumped out at me: Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which does not satisfy? (v. 2) Maybe it’s because we just celebrated Christmas a few days ago. I had looked with wonder this Christmas season at sale flyers, shoppers, and yard displays that had me wondering about what other people were thinking about the true meaning of Christmas. I saw far more Santa Claus and snowman yard displays than nativity scenes. The lights are all wonderful to look at and I’m happy for the Christmas spirit around town, but I do wonder about our excessively commercial Christmas season. Yes, God (through Isaiah) well asks us, why do we spend our money on that which does not truly satisfy? Why do we…?
Blessings!