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I Will Make An Everlasting Covenant With You, Even The Sure Mercies of David

[Study Aired March 1, 2020]

Isa 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Isa 55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Isa 55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Isa 55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
Isa 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

We have seen that the three chapters, 52, 53, and 54, were all about the sacrifice of Christ for the transgressions of His people (Isa 53:5). We also learned that “as He is so are we in this world” (1Jo 4:17). Therefore these chapters also have a personal application to all who are given to be crucified with Christ (Gal 2:20) in “this present time” (Rom 8:18). This 55^th chapter changes the tone of our discussion from one of suffering with Christ and yet resting in His “exceeding great and precious promises, to exulting and rejoicing in “the redemption of the purchased possession”:

Eph 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

The Lord is very straightforward about the fact that our calling is a baptism of fire. He tells us right up front that if indeed we are called to be the manifested sons of God in this age, we will be hated of all men and even divided from our families:

Mat 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Mat 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
Mat 10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Mat 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Mat 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Mat 10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Mat 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Luk 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Luk 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luk 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Luk 12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Luk 12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

The Lord is the ultimate psychologist, and He knows just what is needed to incentivize those He has chosen to be His children for His work in this present time. I have been very pleasantly surprised to discover just how encouraging, uplifting and hopeful these studies in the prophecies of Isaiah are. This 55^th chapter is another such an incentivizing example of the many “great and precious promises” we are given to encourage us to endure to the end:

2Pe 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Notice just how important these promises are to our salvation. It is “by these [that] you might be partakers of the divine nature…”

What that means is that if your birthright promises mean nothing more to you than a bowl of red pottage, you will be willing to sell it just to get some relief from the trials of life. If you believe that these promises are common to all men, then you will have no “respect unto the recompense” of all of these “exceeding great and precious promises”, and you will not be inspired or incentivized to “esteem suffering with the children of God” of greater value than being esteemed as a prince in this present world:

Gen 25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Gen 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Gen 25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Gen 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Gen 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Gen 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Rth 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

Heb 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
Heb 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season
Heb 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

Salvation, which is common to all men (2Ti 2:4 and 4:10), is great and precious, but it is not “exceeding great and precious”, because its universality leaves no one to “exceed”.

Who would say “Thus Esau despised his birthright” simply because he sold it in a moment of weakness? The answer to that question is: the Lord Himself is the author of those words, and those words express exactly how the Lord views our lack of appreciation for the “great and precious promises” which we have in Christ in “this present time” (Rom 8:18):

2Pe 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

It is “through the knowledge of Him [Christ, that]… we… are given [many] “great and precious promises”. Then it is through the knowledge of what is promised to us that we become “partakers of the divine nature”.

Today we are privileged to get to examine and learn how to appreciate the recompence of our reward if indeed we are granted by Christ to esteem the reproach of Christ and His doctrines greater riches than the treasures of this world:

Isa 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

As I said earlier, the Lord is the ultimate psychologist. He knows how to get us to want to be His children. He offers us both milk and wine for what sounds like no price. The fact is that, as we just read in Matthew 10, we must be willing to forsake our wives and husbands, mother and father, children and families before we are even counted worthy to become a disciple of Christ. Just like the chastening grace of God, there is no physical charge. The Lord does not charge us a single cent to spank and scourge us when we go astray from His ways (Heb 12:6).

Isa 55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

The food we eat and the fatness we enjoy are actually ingested through our eyes and ears:

Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Here are “the sure mercies of David”. This is what is also known as ‘the Davidic covenant chapter’:

I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord

Psa 89:1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Psa 89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Psa 89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Psa 89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
Psa 89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Psa 89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
Psa 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
Psa 89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Psa 89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. [Mar 4:35-41]
Psa 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab [pride] in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
Psa 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Psa 89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Psa 89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

Exo 15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

Psa 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Rev 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Psa 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Psa 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. [in His doctrines]
Psa 89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. [in His doctrines]
Psa 89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
Psa 89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Psa 89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
Psa 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil [the holy spirit] have I anointed him:

Isa 16:5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

Amo 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Amo 9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

Act 15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
Act 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

Psa 89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
Psa 89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
Psa 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
Psa 89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
Psa 89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
Psa 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
Psa 89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Psa 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Psa 89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Psa 89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Psa 89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
Psa 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Psa 89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. [There will be no Hebrews 6:4-8… “impossible… to renew to repentance”]
Psa 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Psa 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
Psa 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. [1Jo 4:17]
Psa 89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
Psa 89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Psa 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
Psa 89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
Psa 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Psa 89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Psa 89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Psa 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
Psa 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
Psa 89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Isa 54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Isa 54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

Psa 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psa 89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Psa 89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
Psa 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

Psa 69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Rom 15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

Psa 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Psa 89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

This is the sure covenant with David:

Psa 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
Psa 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Psa 89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Add to these words this prophecy in Jeremiah:

Jer 33:17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
Jer 33:18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

I spent ten years of my life in the World Wide Church of God believing these words were meant to be understood outwardly only:

Psa 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
Psa 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Psa 89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

We actually believed that someone, somewhere, was sitting on the physical throne of David or else the Lord was a liar. I had never heard the words of Jeremiah 33:17-18 because the Lord had blinded my eyes and the eyes of my highly esteemed leaders from seeing or understanding what all these verses are actually saying. The false doctrine of the WWCG was that at the time of the Babylonian captivity, the daughters of King Zedekiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar had placed on the throne, were taken by Jeremiah to Egypt, and from there to Ireland, and from Ireland to Scotland, and from Scotland to England. It is all hogwash, but it sounded so appealing to an ear which had no idea that:

Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

This prophecy has nothing to do with David’s physical descendants, any more than “Jerusalem above” has anything to do with physical Jerusalem. If there were any truth to that false doctrine, then Christ would be a pretender to the throne, which at His time would have been in Ireland or Scotland or England, according to that false doctrine.

But Christ is on His throne, and He is not a ‘pretender’. It is Christ to whom our next verse applies:

Isa 55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

David typifies and is a figure of Christ and His anointed, His Christ. It is only the Jews who believe on Christ and the Gentiles who believe on Him who are now the True Jew and the True “Israel of God”:

Isa 55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

The Truth is that the Lord has never been impressed with any man’s physical pedigree. Not in the least. Being physically descended from Abraham or King David in no way at all impresses the Lord. These are His own inspired words on the subject of anyone’s physical pedigree:

Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Physical descent from an Old Testament patriarch does not equate to spiritual righteousness. There is no connection there at all. Our physical pedigree is not of our doing and neither is our righteousness nor our lack thereof. This instead is The Truth:

Gal 6:15 Certainly, it doesn’t matter whether a person is circumcised or not. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.
Gal 6:16 Peace and mercy will come to rest on all those who conform to this principle. They are the Israel of God. (GWV)

Whatever we are is a work of the hand of the Potter. These words are addressed primarily to “the Israel of God”:

Pro 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

Our very thoughts are directed by the Lord, and lest we miss that point, we are told this, just three verses later:

Pro 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

In every way we are truly “the work of His hands”, even in these “flesh and blood [bodies of] corruption”:

1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

God wants us to know that we are the work of His hands and that our will has nothing to do with what He has determined to accomplish within us:

Psa 139:16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.

Jer 18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jer 18:2 Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Jer 18:3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
Jer 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

“The vessel that He made of clay” is Adam and all who are in him, including physical Israel. As we just saw, all those who claim the name of Christ are also ‘Israel’ whether faithful to His doctrine or not faithful.

This is what Christ has to say about the vessel He made of clay, and His power over that vessel:

Jer 18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Jer 18:6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

The Lord’s sovereignty and His ability to do with His clay what He has planned for that vessel, does not exclude Him admonishing us to “work out our own salvation”:

Php 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

He does the same here in Isaiah:

Isa 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

We have been taught that there will never be a time when the Lord is not near, and in an outward sense that is true, because as Paul pointed out to the pagan Athenians:

Act 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Act 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Act 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Act 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
Act 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Act 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Act 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

So, yes, “[God] is not far from every one of us” in the sense that He is omnipresent:

Psa 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Psa 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Psa 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Psa 139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Psa 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psa 139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Psa 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

However, spiritually speaking “there is a great gulf between” us and our Creator, and that gulf cannot be passed over without going through the fiery sword which guards the way of the tree of life:

Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Luk 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

That fiery sword which guards the way of the tree of life will try every man’s work of what sort it is, and only then will any man be purified and made worthy to pass from death unto life:

1Co 3:13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
1Co 3:14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1Co 3:15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

The “loss” suffered by those who “suffer loss [in] this present time” (Rom 8:18), will be their “crown of life” (Rev 2:10-11), and the honor of being “Kings and priests… to rule and reign with Christ for a thousand years” (Rev 20:1-6).

Having sovereignly determined “the times before appointed” to be the case gives our Lord the occasion needed to tell us to “work out our own salvation” as we read in Phlippians 2:12. Look at the very next verse which explains how and why we can “work out [our] own salvation”:

Php 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure

As the Lord tells us through Job:

Job 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

What does the Lord desire? The Lord is not bashful when it comes to telling us what He desires:

2Sa 14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

1Ti 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

1Jn 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours [the elect] only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

That is today’s study. I hope we are all encouraged to know that the Lord has given us “an everlasting covenant [of] exceeding great and precious promises… the sure mercies of David”. We should all have great respect and appreciation for the fact that both our spiritual food and drink and our scourging grace are the most satisfying nourishment available to mankind, and it is all free of charge, and it is of a merciful and endless supply, as we were told at the beginning of this study:

Isa 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Isa 55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

These are next week’s verses revealing that our natural mind is simply not able to think as the Lord thinks, and we must be given His mind as the free gift spoken of in today’s study:

Isa 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isa 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Isa 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isa 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Isa 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Isa 55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Isa 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.