Daily Worship

A series of words that give us pictures

James Cathcart August 04, 2026 5 0
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Isaiah 55: 1-5 (NIV-UK)

1 ‘Come, all you who are thirsty,
    come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
    come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
    without money and without cost.

2 

Why spend money on what is not bread,
    and your labour on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
    and you will delight in the richest of fare.

3 

Give ear and come to me;
    listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
    my faithful love promised to David.

4 

See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander of the peoples.

5 

Surely you will summon nations you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendour.’

The Bible is a series of words that give us pictures. Each generation we redraw the images and replay the scenes. With the Holy Spirit by our side they are animated once again. If we want the Bible to come into our lives then we have to let our lives into the Bible; our imaginations, our hopes, and our longings. The Bible is a place and this is how we begin to get to know it. Travelling through it with wise people and open hearts.

 

So, read these verses,

What do you see here?

What are the waters like?

What is the richest fare?

Who are the faces gathering round?

What do nations running look like?

What about splendour?

How do you feel?

 

Prayer:

 

We come to you Lord

with open hearts and open minds

with humility and imagination 

tenacity and timidity

we come to the waters

to the rich fare

ready to see it all

and to learn.

Amen.