F O O T H O L D
READING
46 REAL SATISFACTION
PRAY Feed me through your
word today, gracious Lord.
READ Isaiah 55:113.
THINK To whom is the
invitation of verses 1 to 3 given? What is offered?
FOCUS INVITATION (13). Note
the pleading, the reputation and the
colourful, vivid
illustrations. Our God longs that people will
take that which satisfies.
COVENANT (35). God promised
to make 'a lasting covenant' (3) with
his people, just as he had
made a covenant with David many years
earlier (See 2 Samuel 7:1116).
REPENTANCE (6,7). This is a
good oldfashioned word meaning a
change of mind and of
direction. The people were not only to seek
God, they were also to give
up any sinful ways and intentions.
ASSURANCE (8,9). God is
great. His thoughts are infinitely greater
than ours and therefore he
has prepared for his people things that
surpass our understanding.
PROMISE (10,11). Notice how
definite these verses are. Read them
again. Believe them, rest
upon these words as an accomplished fact
today. But if we want to see
this in our own experience we will
have to do something first.
What (See 2 Timothy 4:2)?
PROPHESY (12,13). Picture
the scene. Crowds of people full of joy,
often the mark of God's
presence (Acts 8:8) and yet a deep,
abiding peace (John 14:27)
and creation, too, joins in the
celebration (Romans 8:21).
PRAY Give thanks to God for
his promises. (Itemise some)
