"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost..."
Isaiah 55:1 NIV
God's invitation is wide open. All that He has to offer is freely available.
Our currency has no purchasing power here.
Success, wealth, power, fame, money, property, education, appearance... living a "good" life, being a "good" person... these things cannot buy the living water...the goodness that God has on offer.
As Isaiah has shown in the last few chapters, the price has been paid by the only one who could pay it, with a currency we could never earn - Jesus perfect life.
How good is that!
#theinvitation
#itsfree
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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