Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 55:9-11

"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 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, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater; 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." — Isaiah 55:9-11 (ASV)

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 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: 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.

God's Word is not ineffectual. If you will hear it, it will bless you. When God sends snow and rain, they do not go back again. The earth receives them; they sink into her pores; they refresh her secret life.

Receive, O black heart, the Word of God, as the earth receives the snow! O dry heart, receive the Word as the dry ground receives the shower. It shall not go back again; it shall sink into your inmost soul; it shall save you. God can save you.

Believe it; receive his Word into your heart, and it shall save you.

Mark who you are, who are spoken to in the first and second verses: you who are thirsty, you who have no money, you who have laboured, and are disappointed with the fruit of your toil.