In the name of, and to the eternal glory of, Jesus,
Recently I was reading about a man who had spent the larger part of his life searching. He was searching for meaning. He was searching for contentment. He was searching for peace. He had read the “sacred writings” of many religions. And then he began to read the Bible. And this was his comment about the Bible. “I finally found a book that understands me!” That’s an interesting comment. He didn’t say that he understands the Bible, but that the Bible understands him.

Last week when Sue and I were traveling, we listened to a book about the Vanderbilts of New York.  Cornelius Vanderbilt acquired a massive fortune in the shipping and railroad industries in New York in the 1800’s.  When he died in 1877, he left a fortune of $100 million dollars.  That would be about $2 billion in today’s money.  His son doubled the fortune to $200 million dollars. 

Today’s worship and Bible study is led by Pastor Jerry Ewings. He served at Lord of Love from 2006 – 2017.
Pastor Ewings is preaching on Isaiah 55:6-11.

The Israelites had been waiting…and waiting…and waiting.  Moses has been up on Mt. Sinai now for forty days.  They have not seen him or heard from him this whole time.  They finally give up on him.

When he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were troubled and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd. (v. 36)  This is indeed an endearing description of Jesus.  Can you picture what it describes?  Wherever Jesus went, large crowds would gather.  The sick and the diseased and the crippled would come, hoping to get their moment with Jesus.  When Jesus saw these suffering people, his heart went out to them.