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Isaiah 55:8-9

Chapter 55

An Invitation to Abundant Life

1“Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.

2Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

3Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The sure mercies of David.

4Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people,
A leader and commander for the people.

5Surely you shall call a nation you do not know,
And nations who do not know you shall run to you,
Because of the Lord your God,
And the Holy One of Israel;
For He has glorified you.”

6Seek the Lord while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near.

7Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.

9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

10“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,

11So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

12“For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

13Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
And it shall be to the Lord for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

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Robert41010 - (eBible Evangelist) over 2 years ago.

God knows everything about everything and no one can fully understand God's ways and thoughts! Though God's ways are beyond our ways and though He is mysterious; His ways are nevertheless bound by His nature. Though we may not understand or comprehend all His acts, we can know that His acts will always be in harmony with His perfect goodness! --Have you ever tried to read someone's thoughts? Then why try to understand God's thoughts and ways!

johnsdr - (eBible Novice) about 1 year ago.

We think our own agenda is so important, remember that God's ways are so much more.

caelgo82

- (eBible Novice) about 1 year ago.

God thinks, I was made in his image, therefore it's okay if I think.