Ho Everyone that Thirsts
Isaiah 55: 1-9
by
Dr. Van
Have you ever been thirsty, your throat so dry
     Your lips so parched you thought you'd die
When you felt such pain, you could not think
    You'd sell your soul for just one drink?

Have you ever found life so void of meaning
    That happiness was more like dreaming
As days passed slowly and so did time
         What would you give for a drink of wine?

When you were a babe in you mother's arms
    Safe from all of life many harms
As you lay in a gown made of silk
          What would you give for mother's milk?

Now here is God calling to all mortal men
    Asking them to come to Him
For He has water, milk and wine
    He has a feast where you may dine.

What does he charge for such a prize?
    How may one get it before he dies?
Come, He says for it belongs to Him,
    The water that washes away all sin.

Come, He cries in the rush of living
    For it is fine wine that He is giving.
Come, He calls for it is in His power now
    To give you milk not from a cow.

But from the pages of His book
    You can have it if you look
For there you will find why it is free.
    The price was paid for you and me

Not with gold dug from some mine,
    Not for service done in time,
But on a cross the debt was laid
    And the final cost was paid.

So come to Jesus as your king
    In your hand no price to bring
But freely take what He has proffered
    He will not refuse what He has offered

Think not such low thoughts of Him
    His thought soar above life's din
He wants you for his very own
    His is a gift and not a loan

Do not wait until you are better
    For you cannot shake sin's fetter
Only God can handle that task
    He will do it. You must ask.

March 18, 2001