Isaiah 55:3

Isaiah 55:3. Hear, and your soul shall live;

Do not cavil, but hear. Do not come to find fault with the Word; but "Come unto me," saith the Lord; "hear, and your soul shall live."

Isaiah 55:3. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

What a surprising promise this is for God to make to men who are so poverty-stricken that they have "no money" in their hand, or in their pocket,-nothing in fact, that they can bring to him! Yet the Lord says, "I will make an everlasting covenant with you." Will God enter into covenant with a poor sinner, and pledge himself, by promise and by oath, to do him good for ever? Yes, poor troubled, sinful soul, the Lord, in infinite mercy, is even now calling thee by his grace, I trust; and as surely as thou dost come to him, he will make with thee "an everlasting covenant, even the sure mercies of David."