Come and Get It! / 来到我这里
Dexu Xia
Come and Get It!
Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live.Isaiah 55:3
I peeked over the grape-stake fence that encloses our backyard. There I saw folks running, jogging, walking, and shuffling around the track that surrounds the park behind our home. I used to do that when I was stronger, I thought. And a wave of dissatisfaction washed over me.
Later, while reading the Scriptures, I came across Isaiah 55:1, “Come, all you who are thirsty,” and I realized again that dissatisfaction (thirst) is the rule, not the exception in this life. Nothing, not even the good things of life, can fully satisfy. If I had strong legs like a Sherpa (mountain-climbing guide), there would still be something else in my life that I’d be unhappy about.
Our culture is always telling us in one way or another that something we do, buy, wear, spray on, roll on, or ride in will give us endless pleasure. But that’s a lie. We can’t get complete satisfaction from anything in the here and now, no matter what we do.
Rather, Isaiah invites us to come again and again to God and the Scriptures to hear what He has to say. And what does He say? His love for David of old is “everlasting” and “faithful” (v. 3). And that goes for you and me as well! We can “come” to Him.
Reflect & Pray
In what ways are you thirsty? How can knowing God is faithful help you today?
Whom have we, Lord, but Thee, soul thirst to satisfy? Exhaustless spring! The waters free! All other streams are dry. Mary Bowley
来到我这里
当侧耳而听，来到我这里；要听，就必存活。-以赛亚书55章3节，和合本修订版
我从我家后院的葡萄木桩篱笆探头往外看，看见许多人在慢跑、健走、散步，或沿着我家后面的公园步道绕行。不禁心想：我以前身强体壮的时候也是这样。接着，一股不满足的情绪淹没了我。
不久之后，我偶然读到以赛亚书55章1节：“来！你们所有干渴的，都当来到水边”（和合本修订版）。我再度领悟到，不满足（干渴）是人生常态，毫无例外。生活中没有任何事，甚至是美好的事，可以令我们完全得着满足。就算我像雪巴人（登山向导）一样有强健的双腿，定然还会有其他事情让我不满。
在我们所处的社会中，常会听到人们说，要获得快乐和满足，只要做某件事、买某些物品、穿某件衣服、喷洒某些东西、涂抹某种面霜，或开某款车子，但其实这些都是谎言。不管我们怎么做，都不可能从今生今世所得之物，获得完全的满足。
以赛亚邀请我们一次又一次来亲近上帝，倾听上帝对我们所说的话。上帝说了什么呢？祂会将应许给大卫那永远信实的爱（3节），同样赐给我们。我们都能来到上帝那里。
主啊，除祢以外，没有别的源头能解我心干渴，
唯有祢是无穷的宝泉，活水涌流！其他河流全都干涸。
你对哪方面感到不满足？
知道上帝是信实的，对你有什么帮助？