High Thoughts That Lead To High Ways!

Bible passage for sermon: Isaiah 55: 1-end, Jeremiah 29: 5-7, 10-14
Isaiah 55 - ¹ “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. ² 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. ³ Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live;  And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David. ⁴ Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people, A leader and commander for the people. ⁵ Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, And nations who do not know you shall run to you, Because of the LORD your God, And the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.” ⁶ Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. ⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. ⁸ “ For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. ⁹ “ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. ¹⁰ “ For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, ¹¹ So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. ¹² “ For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace;  The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. ¹³ Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress 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.”

God says in verse 1 that you should buy without money. This is because the price has been paid for already. The milk God is referring to is the sincere milk of the word, and the wine is the new wine of the new testament.
v3 - Incline your ear and come unto me. Your soul will live when you come unto him.
Isaiah 9: 6 - For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Jesus was given to us for 3 reasons as seen in verse 4:-
To be our Witness - meaning someone who has seen and experienced. Acts 1:8 Jesus had to show the things he had seen of the father.
To be our Leader - taking us by our hands and leading us to heaven.
To be our Commander - speaking the things of God with authority.

God is speaking to us through Jesus. God has already done all things and it is up to you to reach out and make it work as seen in verse 5.

In verse 8 he tells us about his 'thoughts' and his 'way'. Let us define the word thought - it means imagination, purposes, devices, contriving, machine, invention, fortify. The definition of way - walk, journey, way of life, worship. God wants us to change our thought and ways illustrates how his thoughts towards us brings good things. Your thought is influenced by the word of God, the more you hear the word, the more your thoughts are changed.

Jeremiah 29 - ¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. God has promised to give you a future and a hope, and all this is through his 'thought' towards you. The word 'think' is defined as - account, reckon, count, induce, impute, invent, weaver. God already has a good accout of you, God has a good reckoning of you, God has a good invention of you. All this he has done through his thoughts.

In conclusion: God wants us to walk in dominion wherever you are, and he has given you the ability to do that through your thoughts and your ways. Let your thoughts be changed daily by the word of God, and your way be influenced by your thoughts, so that you can have good seeds to sow and be a blessing everywhere you go.