All Creation Waits, Day 16 – Why Spend on What Does Not Satisfy?
Week 3 – 3rd Sunday of Advent – Waiting in Joy (Isaiah 55)
Isaiah 55:2
2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread
and your earnings for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
Thoughts
God asks a piercing question: why chase what cannot fill you? In a season of endless busyness and shopping, Advent asks us to stop and remember what nourishes the soul. The bread of this world leaves us hungry again. Only God’s Word, God’s love, truly satisfies. Joy grows when we stop feeding on noise and start feasting on grace.
Question
What might you need to set aside this week to make room for what truly satisfies?
Prayer
God, free me from what does not satisfy. Teach my heart to delight in You …
