Isaiah 55 part 2

Where should my eyes be fixed? God says:

• Listen to me (v2)
  
• Come to me (v3)
• Hear me (v3)

If somebody says something to me that is not in line with what God says, I can't listen. But God says that he will make a covenant with me, the same faithful love that he promised to David via Moses (Exodus 34:6).

Who is the "him" in verse 4? It has to be Jesus, because in Acts 8:32, the Ethiopian is reading the Isaiah scroll, in chapter 53, which is part of the same discourse. And who is "you" in all these verses? It must be anyone who is thirsty (verse 1). So what's our role? It's to be so endowed with the splendor the Lord that nations want to be part of what we have. How can we be endowed with splendor? By seeking the Lord, forsaking wicked ways and thoughts. If I do that, God will bless me with splendor, which I read as a holy, contagious joy! When people come seeking the Lord, he will freely pardon and show great mercy!

We can show mercy and our own efforts. I hope that doesn't sound like heresy, but certainly people who have no belief in God can show mercy. But to show the kind of mercy that God shows is beyond our thoughts.

And the rest of Isaiah 55 just flows off the tongue! I'm no poet, but even translated into English, verses 8-13 are so beautiful.