The King's Invitation

Looking for meaning in your life? Wondering why you're here? Feel like there must be something more? Tired of trying and struggling to make sense of it all? You are hearby invited to find the answers...

Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son. And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding..." My prayer is something you read here will encourage you to draw closer to the King and enter into His service, and if you do not know this King of Kings, I am honored to deliver His invitation to you. An invitation... to come home.

Know that you have sinned, turn away from your sin, ask Jesus to forgive you, and allow Him to live in you - accept His invitation, accept His gift of salvation, accept His offer of everlasting life with Him.

spiritual junk food

kingsinvitation | June 25, 2008 00:17

Some like to say they want more of God. I used to say it myself. But I’m not buying it anymore.

The opening verses of the 55th chapter of Isaiah read, "Ho!, Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.” (Isaiah 55:1-2) At Jacob’s well in Samaria, which can still be seen today (yes, the Bible is REAL), Jesus told a Samarian woman, “Whosoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” The water of Christ will satisfy, but we have to know we are thirsty or we’ll never come to drink.

And this water has no price. I didn’t say it has no value. In fact, it’s value is such that we could never afford it. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23). But what do we do? We “spend money for what is not bread” and we use our resources “for what does not satisfy”. We fill our lives and our spirits with spiritual junk food. When you’re full of junk food, you’re not thirsty or hungry. But it wears off quickly and fails to satisfy, so you have to rush back out and get more. So what does satisfy? Jesus told us. He said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.” (John 6:35). I’d call that satisfied.

So we should listen carefully to God. He will speak to us if we read His Word. He will speak to us if we pray (real prayer is a two-way conversation). And if we eat what is good , the Bread of Life, Jesus, our soul will “delight itself in abundance”. Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10).

We ALREADY HAVE as much of God as we REALLY want. We can’t and don’t have to earn it, all we have to do is ask. God isn't holding out on us, but you can’t fill something that is ALREADY FULL! If we really wanted more, we would MAKE ROOM for Him. Get the spiritual junk food out of our lives! Stop exposing our eyes and ears to worldly things in place of Godly things. Paul said in his letter to the Philippians, “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy - meditate on these things.” (Philippians 4:8). Are you filling your mind and heart with things that don’t line up with what Paul wrote? That’s junk food for your spirit, and it will never satisfy.

Take the church to someone this week – you’ll both benefit.

King’s Invitation Ministries

http://ministry-webs.com/ministry/kingsinvitation/index.html