Isaiah 55:1

Isaiah 55:1 says, Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.  I believe this is a call to have our spiritual hunger and thirst filled by putting our faith in God.  This promise is to everyone and not just to the people of Israel.  We are never going to be able to buy God’s gift of salvation and the peace that should come with it, but He has freely given it to us through His mercy. 

Verse two adds, Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.  God said that people were never going to be able to satisfy their spiritual hunger and thirst by their own works.  We may be hard at work trying to find success in the world, and we may even be successful in doing so, but this will never satisfy our soul, which can only be satisfied when we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord and live by our covenant relationship with Him.  Anything we spend money and even time on outside of the will of God is never going to feed us spiritually. 

Verse three continues, Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.  God called on people to hear His word and come to Him.  He also said that when they did their soul would live.  I believe that our soul is only fully alive spiritually when we put our faith in Jesus Christ, even though the souls of those who don’t will continue to exist, but they will live in everlasting destruction instead of everlasting peace with God. 

Verse four states, Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.  Isaiah said that the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ, would be a witness to all people about what it means to live in obedience to God.  Though He wasn’t a commander and leader of the people at that time, He is the only one qualified to be our spiritual Commander and Leader.  We cannot provide salvation by our own merit, nor can we procure the Living Water and the Bread of Life on our own.  All are a free gift from Heavenly Father through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, and until we accept Him as our Savior and Lord, we will never have access to the other two.  We cannot earn nor buy the Living Water and the Bread of Life, but they are a free gift from God to those who accept His gift of salvation. 

Verse five adds, Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.  Isaiah said that the people of Isreal were given a land that they knew nothing of and that people from other lands that the people of Israel knew nothing of would come to them because of their God.  It wasn’t because they were better than others spiritually and it certainly wasn’t because they were better physically, but it was because of their relationship to God that they were spiritually better than other people who did not acknowledge God as the only God that there is.  This is still true for followers of Jesus Christ today.