Hey, everyone, this is Pastor James Huenink. Over at first Lutheran Church, we're starting a new series on our podcast feed called Getting ready for Sunday. It's a look at the upcoming readings for Sunday morning so you can be familiar with them. When you come to church. I examined the Old Testament, epistle reading and Gospel reading for each week with a few notes and a simple explanation. The Old Testament reading for Sunday, August 6 comes from Isaiah chapter 55, verses one through five. Let's take a look. Come, everyone who thirsts come to the waters, and he who has no money, come by and eat, come buy wine and milk, without money, and without price? Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread? And why do you labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligent ly to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself enrich food, incline your ear and come to me, hear that your soul may live and I will make with you and everlasting covenant my steadfast sure love for David. Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and a commander for the peoples. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know. And a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified You. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Isaiah, the prophet is talking in chapter 55, I think towards the people who are in exile in Babylon. He's thinking about the people who are lost and far away. And he asked them, Why are you going to work for things that do not satisfy? And he offers them a promise, God will give all of his people only what satisfies. And he offers that through the steadfast love that he shows for David. We can see this in our own lives as we work for all sorts of things that don't satisfy. It's a consumeristic culture. It's like the treadmill of content that I see on YouTube or Netflix, I'm always looking for more, there's always a new thing that I have to want, that I want to see. And yet it doesn't last it doesn't satisfy. The thing that only satisfies is the Lord God of Israel, who offers us salvation. And Isaiah talks about gathering together a nation through David, through Jesus, Israel boiled down to one, David, our King, Jesus, our Savior, and He will gather us together and make us into a nation of people who are saved by Him. This is why he offers to give us things without money, wine and milk Without money and without price. Because Jesus paid the ultimate price and the cross to save us
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