Come - God's Divine Invitation

 God's Word is addressed to your will.  Come.

When we are born again, our spirit becomes new, literally a new creation as we partake of divine nature, God in us.  When we physically go home to the Lord, we will be given a glorified body that will be like Jesus' after the resurrection which may be touched and yet can go through walls.  The challenge of living the Christian life is saving or restoring the soul, renewing the mind to think God's thoughts, allowing God's heart and desires to constrain and realign our emotions.  Then the test is letting this transformation lead us to make wise godly choices. Choose this day whom you will serve.  He invites us to come to Him and choose His life.  

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." according to Jesus in Matthew 11:28.  He reaches out to all those who are in trouble.  Likewise, in John 7:37, He invites those who desire more to come with promises of great rewards, "If anyone thirst, let him come to me and drink...out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, they shall be satisfied.

The key is that in each case God waits for us to respond to His invitation.  Many are called, but few are chosen. As a perfect gentleman, the Holy Spirit leads and guides those who are willing to come.  God appeared to Moses in the burning bush, but it was up to Moses to "turn aside and see this wonder."  When John the Baptist pointed out Jesus as the Lamb of God, two of his disciples turned to Jesus asking where do you live.  Jesus answered, "Come and see."

What about the prophecy in Isaiah 55, "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk wihtout money and without price. True to God's nature and heart to give, He rewards those who diligently seek Him.  So it follows that in this word, His admonition is "Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance."   Almost unbelieveable to our human understanding, our God has such grace and love for us, that this abundant life is "without money and without price."  Nothing we can do to earn it or work for it, His life is freely given, all we have to do is come, buy, eat.    

We live in God's kingdom during one of the most exciting times ever!  As darkness covers the earth, God promises His light will come and His glory will be seen on us.(Isaiah 60) Likewise in Revelation  which is the book that reveals Jesus in His total triumph over sin and all the evil in the world, we join the Holy Spirit calling Jesus to "Come" and repeating His invitation to all to come, "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come!  And let him who hears say, 'Come!'  And let him who thirsts come.  Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely." (Revelation 22:17)  Don't be like the people in the parable who made excuses to not attend the wedding feast and had to be replaced with those willing.  Nothing is worth missing out on God's divine invitation to join Him and all He desires to do on the earth today.  The "eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth" (2 Chronicles 16:9) looking for those people who will allow Him to work mightily in and through them.  

The next time you see the word, "Come" in Scripture, realize God is personally inviting you to His place, to a higher experience, to share His overcoming triumph.  Consider these few admonitions:  Psalm 34  Come, you children, listen to Me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.  Psalm 66  Come and see the works of God.  Psalm 95  O Come, let us sing unto the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our Salvation.  O Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. Psalm 100  Come before His presence with singing.  Come.