Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics of the group Sidewalk Prophets singing … Come To The Table … poignantly singing of how we all are invited to God’s table to dine with Him and be filled.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Isaiah 55:1 [NLT] … 1 “Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free!
… God invites any/all to come and be filled at His table.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Isaiah 55:1-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Isaiah, invites all people, when thirsty, to come to His table and freely drink.
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Reference Passage : … Matthew 7:7-8 [NIV] … 7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
… Jesus invites all who see after more in lift to come to Him with their desires.
Reference Passage : … John 4:13-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus show all, thru His interaction with the woman at the well, that He has the only living waters to provide life to all.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 4:19 [NIV] … 19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
… God, thru Paul, promises that He will provide all that we need.
Reference Passage : …1 Peter 5:7 [NIV] … 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you..
… When we’re discontented, there’s only one place to go to have our needs met.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Poh Fang Chia, uses story of personal dissatisfaction to show that we all look for more in life, … so often with discontentment. The ODB author wrote … I peeked over the grape-stake fence that encloses our backyard. There I saw folks running, jogging, walking, and shuffling around the track that surrounds the park behind our home. I used to do that when I was stronger, I thought. And a wave of dissatisfaction washed over me.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, … isn’t it? Well, it’s the human condition to always be seeking after more to satisfy our wants, … or what we perceive to be our needs. But today’s OBD entry and the Scriptures provided above, show us that there is only one place to go when we’re hungry or thirsty for more; and that’s to our Lord!
The woman and the well found her source of living waters, didn’t she (see John 4)? And Jesus invites us all to come to Him when we’re thirsty and our needs seem unsatisfied (see Matt. 7:7-8); because, as Paul and Peter taught, our God is our only source of living waters to meet our needs and satisfy our worries.
So, today, let’s all accept God’s invitation, as the Sidewalk Prophets sing, and come to His table and eat and drink our fill.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for Your invitation to be filled with Your living waters.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me, to come to His table today. … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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