Sept 5 - What we can't buy

Today's ODB reading is from Isaiah 55:1-7.

It's a good reflection on what we can buy and what we can't buy. The author wrote : God offers to give us what we can’t buy—mercy, pardon, and a changed life infused with His presence. He invites us to “Seek the Lord while He may be found” (v.6).

I read on to verses 8 and 9 and found this very comforting verses (which I often forget where it is in the bible). It's important to always remember not to rely on God when things are going well (just like Job). For His ways are higher than ours and we should seek Him while we can (meaning He may not always be available and found by us).

6 你們要趁著耶和華可以尋找的時候，尋找他，趁著他靠近的時候，呼求他。7 惡人要離棄自己的道路，不義的人當除去自己的意念，回轉過來歸向耶和華，耶和華就必憐憫他。你們當回轉過來歸向我們的　神，因為他大大赦免人的罪。8 耶和華說：“我的意念不是你們的意念，你們的道路也不是我的道路。9 天怎樣高過地，我的道路也怎樣高過你們的道路，我的意念也怎樣高過你們的意念。