I invite you to memorize with us this week (Jan 27-Feb 2)!
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.
Isaiah 55:2 (ESV)
Do you ever settle for less?
Is your schedule too full of urgent things that you miss out on the important things?
Have you given up on thinking you’ll get the good stuff, and are settling for inferior substitutes instead?
Remember that God desires only the best in our relationship with Him.
This week be encouraged from Isaiah 55:2 to use your resources to their best advantage to receive the riches God wants to give you.
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
– C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
Suggestions to help you memorize:
- Review Isaiah 55:1 when you wake up each morning.
- Read Isaiah 55:2 several times. What should he be spending money on? Working for?
- Meditate on how you want to spend your money, energy, and time this week.
- Continue reviewing the new verse several times every day.
- Try reciting Isaiah 55:1-2 together to a family member.
- Read through the rest of Isaiah 55 several times during the week.
- Practice typing Isaiah 55:1-2 using Scripture Typer.
- Pray before you go to sleep to rest well for a productive new day tomorrow.
- Practice using first letters:
W d y s y m f t w i n b, a y l f t w d n s? L d t m, a e w i g, a d y i r f. (Isaiah 55:2 ESV)
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What have you learned so far from memorizing Isaiah 55? Please share in the comments and/or on our Facebook memory page.
This has been the first time I have been a part of memorizing a passage and it has been such an encouragement to me to be able to do this. Thank you for encouraging your readers to memorize scripture.
I’m so glad you’re doing this with us, Debbie. It’s been a huge help to me to memorize in community. Even though we can’t be together in person, I’m encouraged to know that sisters all over the world are spending time with God through the same scriptures.
“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.” Isaiah 55:2 (ESV)
Where do you spend your money? Is it on the things of God or of man?
What do you labor for? Is your soul satisfied or do you thirst for more? Come, everyone who thirsts….
There is a lot of things that we consume and that consume our time. Are they good or bad, fulfilling or leaving us wanting more?
Listen diligently to me, eat what is good, and delight (take great joy) in rich food. This reminds me of doing/consuming what is good. Once, when I had a rich piece of carmel pecan cheese cake, I could not eat it quickly. It was so good that I savored and took great pleasure in every bite. I was dissappointed when it was gone, but satisfied. That is how it should be in our time with God. However, the good thing is, He is with us wherever we go and we don’t have to stop communing with him or thinking about him and his Word – the bread of life- as we serve him. :)
They say that you can tell a person’s priority by where he spends his money. God was on to something here, yes? So thankful we can come to God for rest, knowing he’s already paid the price in full. We can savor the delicious things he gives us! I love thinking about your caramel pecan cheese cake. :) I enjoy your comments on Isaiah, Valerie. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for encouragment and your posts. I am enjoying studying, meditating and seeing what others have gleaned as well. I do need to rest more in him. I am task driven, which can lead to stress. I do much better when He is in control. :)
I hear you. I’m very task-driven too. This chapter was such a great study and meditation to depend more on the Lord and less on my to-do list.