"What more could have been done to My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes?" (Isaiah 5:4)
In view of the coming November national elections, in view of the chaos gripping America, and in view of, well, a possible coming cataclysm, I will be reading through the Bible every two months until the end of 2020; hence, today's text from Isaiah 5.
"What more..?' indeed! Be very careful how we answer this question. If we attempt to add a "more," we are saying that what Jesus has done is not enough. The Cross assured that anyone who surrenders their life to Jesus Christ will, "....bring forth good grapes." If a life is not surrendered to Jesus, "bring forth wild grapes", is the result.
Some may be tempted to add to the, "What more...?" That puts them in "lordship," in control of their life, not the Lordship of Jesus Christ. I agree with the old Hillshire Farms commercial, when the young man wanted to change the way the old farmer was making sausage, then tasted it, He said, "Perfect, I wouldn't change a thing."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I too say this. What I may think is "perfect," is just not. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
