Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me and eat what is good and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
Isaiah 55:2
Isaiah 55:2
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Lives wandering in wrong directions are spent in futility; “spent”. “Why spend money on what is not bread?” Why labor for things that don’t satisfy?
What is bread? Bread is life! Who is the Bread of Life? Christ!
Shalom - peace, love, safety. Safety. If we don’t feel safe, how can we be satisfied? There is no satisfaction in fear. No one can be satisfied with fear. It is impossible.
Unsatisfaction, dissatisfaction, leads to bitterness, anger, fear.
Lord, everyday, help me to abandon fear, more and more! I crave your shalom! I want to invest myself wholly in the labor that brings satisfaction.
This is my cry for Shore Vineyard! That each member of the body would crave your shalom and throw over fear.
That is power! That is strength to overcome! That is peace! That is the face of Christ! That is what we are commanded to take to the nations. There is no need of fear when we walk in Christ, who has redeemed us! Make us bold, Lord, to go out, to present your face.
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