Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. (Isa 55:1-2)
As powerful as money is with respect to purchasing power and global exchange, there are some things money can't buy. If this is true, it implies, money does not apply in all circumstances. This is not an encouragement for anyone to settle in financial lack, but a liberating truth with respect to purchasing supernatural things. While we need money in the natural to pay for the things we want or need, supernatural things are only purchased with supernatural currency. What can that be? It's actually one of the missing ingredients in today's Christianity; that is, THIRST!
In our scriptural text, an invitation was given to everyone to come to the waters; even those without money were invited to come and buy wine and milk without price. Thus, if money was not the requirement, what was the legal means of buying all that the scriptures spelled out? The answer is found in the same text; “every one that thirsteth.”
Thirst in the supernatural is equal to money in the natural. The things of the Spirit are not given to the rich or poor, but to those who are thirsty for them. This alone explains the reason behind the shallowness in the spiritual experience of millions of believers today the world over. 98% of the messages preached today all over the world, inspire people to acquire and acquire things in the natural; few inspire individuals to draw nearer to God, the one who gives true riches.
We now have the money to pay for equipment, facilities, lands, etc: but we lack the Divine in our lives and ministries in the dimension the Saints of old had. The average believer today wants just everything the world offers, but lacks the thirst for the things of the Spirit. Could this state of spiritual desiccation be the result of the imbalance teachings, which have invaded the church in the last three decades? Could the failure of the pulpit be responsible for this high-level of carnality exhibited today by God's people? The call is still sounding today as it did many thousands of years ago.
“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
Don't get me wrong! Seeking God does not make one financially poor, but it prepares one to handle more money than one could have done without heaven's grace and vision. There is nothing wrong with being blessed financially and materially for kingdom purposes, but it is tantamount to deception to think that, our financial and material breakthrough can purchase the things of the Spirit.
Money can put one on television around the world, but can't give one a Spirit inspired message for the world. Money can give one the most beautiful church facility, but not the grace to build people, etc. We need money for kingdom purposes, but above all, we need God; and we can only reach the heart of God to download into the natural via a genuine thirst after the things of the spirit.
Today, what keeps a Christian on his or her knees throughout the night is different from that which kept a believer on his or her knees throughout the night some decades ago. We now exist in our millions around the world, but the shallowness of our spiritual experience leaves us helpless before a dying generation. It's time for our spiritual barrenness to drive us into the presence of God in search for wine and milk, which can nourish our souls and spirit one more time. We desperately need to return to a place of genuine thirst after God, if heaven would have anything serious to do with us in this dispensation.
This is the time for the thirsty in the body of Christ, irrespective of denomination; those who sigh and cry for a kingdom revolution in the Church and the world and not those who are looking for where they can satisfy their quest for ordinary religion.
The present church does not need a casual cure, neither a panacea of lukewarm preaching and teachings born from the tomb and not from the womb of the Spirit, but a deep revolution of the very soul and spirit of the church driven by the Spirit through men and women with a thirst for all heaven has to offer in this dispensation. Be blessed!
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