Do you find it hard to believe that you will ever feel truly close to God? Do you see other people enjoying God and find it hard to believe this could ever be your experience? Do you see a peace in the lives of other Christians that seems impossible for you? Do you see a powerful anointing of God’s Spirit in others that you could never imagine yourself having? All these spiritual blessings may seem remote and unattainable to you but they are not. They are, in fact, much closer to you than you think. The main thing that prevents you from having these things is your assumption that you could never have them. You don’t have to earn the blessings of God. They have been purchased for you in Christ. If God has purchased these blessings for you, will he not then want you to receive them? The only prerequisites for receiving the blessings of God are, first, knowing that you need them, second, believing that, through Christ, you can have them, and third, earnestly seeking them. Seeking is how we express our desire for the things that God wants to give us. We seek God so that our desire to receive aligns with God’s desire to give. Isaiah 55 is an invitation to do just this. There is food for your soul on offer and it is pre-purchased and ready for you. Then in chapter 56 the message resounds: ‘Let no one say that he is excluded from the blessings of God.’ There is no one unqualified to be loved by God. Grace has been purchased for all alike. That includes you.
Seek God.
Read Isaiah 55:1-56:8
