Prayer of Invocation: Isaiah 55: 1-9
We gather today, O Lord of Life, seeking fullness.
Not the fullness our world offers,
but fullness that comes from You.
We spend so much of our lives on things that do not count—
things that promise much and give little.
Help us now—today—to find fulfillment in Your love.
May we discover all You have to give,
and seek You while we yet have the gift of days.
Lift us O God, to a higher plane of living,
as we lift our hearts and minds and souls into Your Holy presence.
Amen! Make it so Lord! Amen!
That we may be filled with Your fullness and not our own! Fill us o Lord with the fullness that comes from you, not what we seek or what we think we want but what You know we need – The Fullness of You!
See we have to read Isaiah 55:1-9 again:
“Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy 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 your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
Incline your ear, and come to me;
hear, that your soul may live;
and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.
Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and 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.
“Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
(Isaiah 55:1-9 ESV)
You see Isaiah told the people to not worry about eating more than what you need. You see bread is enough to sustain us, so why do we spend our money on more than what we need. Seeking after the better life, the life that gives us joy, but only in our own minds. We seek after the rich foods, and the glory, and these things are obtainable, but why do we seek them? We seek them for our own fulfillment and not for the abundance of life we could have in God, if we would not worry about what we have and allow Him to fill us with the good things He will give us if we would only let Him. We worry about having steak when bread is enough. And we worry about making the money to get the new things everyone has to have, when He will provide for our every need…
So live the abundant life – the life lived in God and the supply that He has for you…
Now reread the opening prayer, and allow it to permeate your life, that life lived in the fullness of God!
We gather today, O Lord of Life, seeking fullness.
Not the fullness our world offers,
but fullness that comes from You.
We spend so much of our lives on things that do not count—
things that promise much and give little.
Help us now—today—to find fulfillment in Your love.
May we discover all You have to give,
and seek You while we yet have the gift of days.
Lift us O God, to a higher plane of living,
as we lift our hearts and minds and souls into Your Holy presence.
Amen! Make it so Lord! Amen!
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