ISAIAH 55:1-2: Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money; come,
buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend
money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and
eat what is good and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
An anonymous author who had lived for the fleeting things of this world penned the following lines:
“How foolishly I have employed myself! In what delirium has my life been passed! How I’ve wasted
my life while the sun in its race and the stars in their courses have lent their beams–perhaps only to
light me to perdition! I have pursued shadows and entertained myself with dreams. I might have
grazed with the beasts of the field, or sung with the birds of the woods, to much better purposes than
any for which I have lived.”
What a contrast to those things which God has to offer. Not only are the portions from His table free
and abundant, but most important, in the end they satisfy. Instead of regret, they result in joy and
satisfaction.
Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well, “Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will
never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into
everlasting life” (John 4:14).
Israel had to learn this truth the hard way. In spite of Isaiah’s pleas, the people chose to chase after
material well-being and political security rather than turn their hearts to the Lord. In the end, they lost
everything as they were carried away to Babylon.
Are you looking for satisfaction? Then open your Bible and partake of the feast that God has spread
for you. His promise is that when you reach the end of your life, you will never regret a moment that
you have spent at His table.
WITH GOD, SATISFACTION IS ALWAYS GUARANTEED.