November 4—Invitation
The word for today is invitation.
“And He said to them, ‘Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while.’ (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)” (Mark 6:31).
“Joshua said to the Israelites, ‘Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God’” (Josh. 3:9).
“Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord” (Ps. 34:11).
“Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me” (Ps. 66:16).
“Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. … Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker” (Ps. 95:1, 6).
“‘Come now, let us reason together,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool’” (Isa. 1:18).
“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds” (Hos. 6:1).
“Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?” (John 4:29).
“He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying” (Matt. 28:6).
“Come and see what God has done, how awesome his works in man’s behalf!” (Ps. 66:5).
Prayer: Lord, just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
See also: Mark 10:21; Luke 19:5; Acts 16:9; Rev. 22:17; Matt. 11:28-30, 25:34; Exod. 24:12
