Estimates vary only slightly regarding a country's GDP or PPP (Purchasing power parity). In one recent ranking, Canada's estimated PPP was 22nd in 2010, at $39,600. Ghana, which I visited six times a few years ago, ranks #200 (out of 228 countries) with a PPP of only $1,600. Vietnam where I presently live ranks #166 with a PPP of $3,100. In fact seventy countries have a PPP of less than 10% of what Canadians enjoy. There is no question as to who enjoys more to eat and drink.
I am so glad that God's offer of spiritual food and drink does not in any way depend on PPP, ethnicity, education or personal wealth. I love the way His generous offer is extended in Isaiah 55:1, 2
1 “Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare.
What great, world wide Good News! You don't eat better spiritually, you don't have better choices of nourishing spiritual water according to your country's PPP or your personal income. No, God's offer of eternal, life giving, spiritual food and drink is absolutely free.
In fact, according to Jesus, it is normally the poor who more readily accept this generous offer from God. It is the rich who so often "spend money on what is not bread and your labor on what does not satisfy." The rich (95% of Canadians compared to the developing world) are much more likely to say "No Thanks" to God's offer. The rich foolishly think that material things and new experiences will satisfy their spiritual hunger.
God says "Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live." (Isaiah 55:3) Or as Jesus said to that vulnerable, wounded woman 2000 years ago: "whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14
I am so glad that God's offer of spiritual food and drink does not in any way depend on PPP, ethnicity, education or personal wealth. I love the way His generous offer is extended in Isaiah 55:1, 2
1 “Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare.
What great, world wide Good News! You don't eat better spiritually, you don't have better choices of nourishing spiritual water according to your country's PPP or your personal income. No, God's offer of eternal, life giving, spiritual food and drink is absolutely free.
In fact, according to Jesus, it is normally the poor who more readily accept this generous offer from God. It is the rich who so often "spend money on what is not bread and your labor on what does not satisfy." The rich (95% of Canadians compared to the developing world) are much more likely to say "No Thanks" to God's offer. The rich foolishly think that material things and new experiences will satisfy their spiritual hunger.
God says "Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live." (Isaiah 55:3) Or as Jesus said to that vulnerable, wounded woman 2000 years ago: "whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14
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