Devotional for Easter Sunday

April 8, 2012

Isaiah 55:1-6

“Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free!  Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.   You will enjoy the finest food.  “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.  See how I used him to display my power among the peoples. I made him a leader among the nations.  You also will command nations you do not know, and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey, because I, the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.”  Seek the LORD while you can find him.  Call on him now while he is near.

Do you have a need?  Are you searching for that which will satisfy your need?  Come to God.  He will show you what is good.  He will give you what you need.  A fundamental aspect of God’s work in, through, and among his people is faithfulness.  God does not hide himself from us.  He is available to all who come.  He does not leave us.  He will not abandon us.  Into our darkest moments God brings love.  The sacrifice of Jesus demonstrates God’s love despite all the rejection, destruction, and pain the world brought to bear.  God is there for us.  Come and see.

Listen and you will find life.  Listen with ears wide open.  Listen without bias.  Listen with the intent to learn.  Come and listen…God will show you what life is really all about.  The author of life desires to teach us how to live well.  Why would we not listen?  Consider David…a humble shepherd who listened to God.  In David, God worked to build his people into a living example of his power and unfailing love.  That same power and love is offered to us.  Those who come and listen are never weak.  They are connected to the source of all life.  Nothing is greater than God.

Seek the Lord.  Call on him.  Go to him.  Listen to him.  God has a work for all of us to do.  Those you do not know will see God at work in you.  Rise up.  Stand up.  God desires to do a glorious work in your life.  He desires to do a glorious work in this church.  Through faithfulness and love the power of God works.  Let us run to God.  Let us be people who listen.  Let us see that the Lord is good and he is at work.  Amen.