“There is no such thing as a free lunch.” Of course! Everything worth having costs something.
But God offers free meals if you come to Him. Of course, this isn’t just “free lunch.” This is your spiritual needs fulfilled at no cost to you.
ESV Isaiah 55:1 ¶ “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
But nobody offers that. There’s always a catch somewhere. If this was worth having, should it not cost something?
Anything worth having has its price. Thus since this spiritual sustenance has value, it must be received for something of equal value. Shockingly, Isaiah says that it may be acquired, bought, without price. What merchant would ever think of selling his wares free of charge? But God does! How can he do it? Perhaps someone else has already paid the price? In any case, we can have everything necessary to life – for free. Why wait to accept the invitation?1
That’s right, you heard it. It’s free because it’s already paid for.
NOTES:- John N. Oswalt, The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 40-66, NICOT (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998), 436. [↩]
