Nourishment for our Souls

"Come all you who are thirsty, come to the waters...come buy and eat. Why spend money on what is not bread and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to Me and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare....As the rain and snow come down from heaven...watering the earth and making it bud and flourish - so is My WORD...it will not return empty...but will accomplish what i desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it..." (Is.55)

These verses mix it all up in a delectable concoction - our coming to His Word, with our coming to the Person of Christ (known as the 'Word' Himself) - to feed and water our souls.

His Word is bread for the hungry and nourishment for the soul. Sustenance. Provision. Satisfaction.

His Word is water for the parched and thirst quenching for the dehydrated, pinched, and shriveled soul. Revitalizing. Refreshing. Clear as crystal.

Jesus says about Himself, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in Me will never be thirsty." He is our perfect food source.

The Bible does not say He is our wine and chocolate - two tasty treats but fundamentally nonessential. (Really) He is the essential Bread and Water that is the foundation of our eating. Not just a weekly treat; not just a rich delicacy for occasional nibbling. Not just empty calories devoid of real nourishment. But He is our life sustaining re-energizing Bread and Water. We can live without wine and chocolate - but we cannot live without bread and water. We eat wine and chocolate and we end up still hungry, still thirsty, whereas bread and water fills and satisfies and meets the true needs of our soul.

Bread and water - two life sustaining requirements. Jesus is that to us. Taste and see that He is good. May your soul delight in the richest of fare.

"Thy Words were found and i ate them,
And Thy Words became for me a joy
And the delight of my heart;
For i have been called by Thy name,
O Lord God of hosts." (Jer.15:16)