Drinking in God’s Steadfast Love

Psalms 36:5-10, John 2:1-11

In our Psalms passage the psalmist raves about the steadfast love of the Lord. He measures God’s love as extending to the heavens and God’s faithfulness to the clouds. God’s righteousness is like the mighty mountains and judgements like the great deep. He goes on to tell how all people can take refuge – be protected – under the shelter of God’s wings. The psalmist continues his extravagant words saying not just that we eat of God’s abundance but that we feast on it. What to drink? He says it’s from the river of God’s delights. God provides the absolute best.

When Jesus was on earth he provided the best wine at the Wedding in Cana. He didn’t just turn the water into cheap or moderately good wine – but the best. The people at the wedding truly drank from the rivers of God’s delights. Some translations call this the river of pure joy. Are we diving into this river of pure joy?

Jesus reflects these descriptions of God. The Psalmist continues saying that God is the fountain of life. Jesus, the Living Water, took plain ordinary water and turned it into the best wine. Then the Psalm reads: “in your light we see light. Jesus is the Light of the world.

All this abundance, delightful drinking, comes to those who know God and God’s salvation to the upright in heart. This is a visible sign of God’s steadfast love to us. It is extraordinary – it is priceless and valuable.

This turning of water into wine was the first of Jesus miracles of which he revealed his glory – his divinity and the disciples believed in him.

God as a loving parent wants the best for us and wants to shower us with steadfast love. Will we accept it? Do we strive to know God better? Do we realize the blessing of our salvation? Are we striving to be upright in heart?

May we feast in the abundance of God’s steadfast love and delightfully, joyously drink from the rivers of God’s delights that Jesus showed us by making the best wine. Amen

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