Come to Me

Exodus 24:12 NIV The Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain and stay here.

The Lord is moving in the hearts of people, stirring us to want more. God is wooing us to accept His open invitation to desire a deeper, more intimate relationship with Him. The same invitation he made to Moses: come to me and stay. Not just visit but stay. An invitation to overcome the grip of sin, shame, and guilt through a blood-bought relationship in Jesus. Emerging with new power, peace, joy, rest, strength, boldness, and courage through the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 55 begins with, “Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink—even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk—it’s all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food. Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life.” (v1-3)

God is calling “all who are thirsty.” What does it mean to be thirsty? Just as we cannot survive without fulfilling our physical need for fluid, we also cannot spiritually survive without satisfying our spiritual thirst. Jesus told the woman at the well, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” (John 4:14 NLT). Get in tune with your spiritual thirst.

Isaiah continues, “Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good?” (Isaiah 55:2) There may be no scripture that better reflects our current culture and the emptiness people are living with every day. We often think satisfaction and refreshment will come when we can do whatever we want, when we can gain more for ourselves. But that kind of life has continually left us lacking. Scripture teaches us a different way to live, a way that leads to the life full of satisfaction we thirst for. It starts with responding to His invitation to come; “in His presence is fullness of joy, and in His right hand are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11)

King David proclaimed, “You, God, are my God; earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water” (Psalm 63:1). He was not talking about physical water because he went on to say, “I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.” David is saying, I have seen you! I have seen your glorious love and power, and I want more. Paul referred to God’s presence as refreshing (Acts 3:19). Like a bowl of ice-cold watermelon on a hot summer day, God’s presence refreshes our soul, bringing us joy and peace that supersedes our surroundings or circumstances.

Isaiah continues, “Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life.” (v3). The Hebrew word used for “come” means to come closer, ascend to a higher place, to lean in like someone trying to hear a whisper. God calls us to experience Him in an up-close-and-personal way. He longs to bring us into a full and intimate relationship. He wants us to take whatever circumstance we are in and says, “Give them to Me.” He longs for us to give Him every burden and problem in total surrender and dependence on Him. As we learn to trust him, we are then able to find peace and rest.

The simple truth is, we are not comfortable with quiet. However, God challenges you to find it in Him. Jesus called the disciples to this kind of quiet: “Jesus said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest’” (Mark 6:31). Open the invitation today, and you will find rest and life.

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Matthew 11:28-30 NIV Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

John 6:37 NIV All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

Matthew 25:34 NIV Then the King will say to those on his right, Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

Matthew 4:19 AMP And He said to them, Come after Me, follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men!

John 21:12 AMP Jesus said to them, come, have breakfast. But none of the disciples ventured or dared to ask Him, Who are You? because they knew that it was the Lord.

Isaiah 55:1-3 NLT Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food. “Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.

Matthew 11:28-30 NIV Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

John 6:35 NAS Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

2 Corinthians 6:16-17 NIV As God has said: I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. Therefore, come out from them and be separate, says the Lord.

Matthew 6:6 NIV But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 11:28 NIV Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

2 Chronicles 15:4 NIV But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them.

Philippians 4:6-7 NIV Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Psalms 27:5 NAS For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.

Psalms 32:7 NLT For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory.

Psalms 61:3-4 NAS For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against the enemy. Let me dwell in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings.

Psalms 91:1-2 AMP He who dwells in the secret place, the shelter of the Most High, will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust!