During about 30 years of ministry to leaders and leaders to
be, and missionaries, I have met the whole range of
-those who have no energy left.
-those whose love have grown cold
I can identify with several of the above examples through years of working with people both in my medical profession as well as in the work in different foreign nations serving God and man.
And the following paradox : ‘’ You who have no money(no purshasing power); Come, buy and eat. Yes, come buy wine and milk. Without money and without price.’’
First He is calling us to come to Him. He is and has the Living water, the only thing that can truly quench our thirst.
Position yourself in His Presence- Come to ME. Just open your hungry mouth and he will feed you like a baby bird in the nest and the mother bird will just drop in the goodies into your mouth.
For some of us we might be so malnourished that we need to receive diluted milk to start with, truths that are easy to digest. Before the marrow and fat, the rich foods which takes more energy to digest.
(I am a pediatric nurse by profession and when we were treating very malnourished babies who had been starving for some time in Bangladesh we had to start with diluted milk, for their little bodies to be able to receive.)
Well that was only the 1st verse of Isaiah 55. I will be sharing more what he taught me on recovery from this chapter. If you want to follow check in with us soon on our blog.
With Love
Anna
-those who have no energy left.
-those whose love have grown cold
-those who depleted their seeds to sow and bread to share
to the eaters
-those that are on the brink of breakdown, hitting the wall
-or whose oil is almost finished(burn out)
-those that feel the water in their well is running dry, and
the sound has an eerie echo in the depths of their empty well
-those who feel they are suffocating, like in the hold of
the python, squeezing life out of them I can identify with several of the above examples through years of working with people both in my medical profession as well as in the work in different foreign nations serving God and man.
I listened to someone
who told me the other day: I am at the bottom of the well, I am ready to come
up if just someone would throw the rope down to me. Today she told me He came down
and lifted me up the moment I decided to arise and obey what he told me to do
and quit feeling sorry for myself.
I believe many of us working like us, have been close to
pack our bags and leave, seemingly impossible situations. But we hung in there
and refused to give up.
There have been times when I’ve kind of heard the words formed in my head: Why don’t you just go home. What’s the use of
fighting the battle why don’t you just give up. If I had given in to those
tempting words I would have been home being a normal Swede a long time ago.
In hind sight, there is only one thing that encourages me: I
must be doing something which threatens the enemy something which annoys him.
So let’s keep on threatening him. God is on my side.
What is the road to recovery when we are entangled in the
enemy’s lies or discouraged and hope is ceasing. Many years ago I heard these
words when I was reading Isaiah 55: ‘’This is my
prescription!’’ ( to the condition above).
I enjoyed digging into this chapter which starts with an
exclamation, like a shout from the Lord: ‘’Hello there, you who are thirsty!!'' Can
I please have your attention. ''Come to the waters.’’And the following paradox : ‘’ You who have no money(no purshasing power); Come, buy and eat. Yes, come buy wine and milk. Without money and without price.’’
First He is calling us to come to Him. He is and has the Living water, the only thing that can truly quench our thirst.
Position yourself in His Presence- Come to ME. Just open your hungry mouth and he will feed you like a baby bird in the nest and the mother bird will just drop in the goodies into your mouth.
For some of us we might be so malnourished that we need to receive diluted milk to start with, truths that are easy to digest. Before the marrow and fat, the rich foods which takes more energy to digest.
(I am a pediatric nurse by profession and when we were treating very malnourished babies who had been starving for some time in Bangladesh we had to start with diluted milk, for their little bodies to be able to receive.)
Well that was only the 1st verse of Isaiah 55. I will be sharing more what he taught me on recovery from this chapter. If you want to follow check in with us soon on our blog.
With Love
Anna
