“Seed For The Sower

And Bread For The Eater”

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:8-11

Water can produce wondrous results in our environment. In the Holy Land after a rainstorm, dry ground can seemingly sprout vegetation overnight. Isaiah used the renewal rain provides to illustrate God’s refreshing word.

Scripture carries spiritual virility. That’s why it doesn’t return void. Wherever it encounters an open heart, it brings refreshment, nourishment, and new life.

The Bible is to a thirsty soul what water is to a barren land.

Our Daily Bread – January 16, 2015