Bible Discussion Thread

"There is crying for wine in the streets..." ( Isaiah 24:ll) Did you notice they are crying for wine? They are not crying for bread, neither are they crying for milk, or water; they are crying for wine. Wine is that symbol of effervesing - intoxication, or banqueting. Isaiah speaking of our Lord said "butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good." ( Isaiah 7:15) Do people cry out for butter and honey, or do they want wine? Do we desire the Bread of Life, and the everlasting water, or does our soul desire the wine of fornication? ( Revelation 17:2)
I remember a time when I had a pancake for supper. I did not have syrup for it, just the pancake. I sat on my bed eating that pancake from my hand while sitting before the Lord in His word. My soul was feasting. I desired the Lord and His word. The pancake satisfied my hunger, but, the pancake was secondary; it was the Lord who I desired. It did not really matter what I was eating, the pancake was like a full course meal; yet, it was not the physical food I was eating that made the difference, it was the Lord - he spread a table before me. I was once at meal I was disposed to go to( I Corinthians 10:7) and the head there said to me, "get you a beer." I am not judging anyone who desires a beer, but my thought was "I drink wine;" not the wine of fornication, but the Lord is my joy. He has turned my water into wine. We have recently been in a position to enjoy some things that could be received as "wine of the world." We have been places, and have obtained some things, but, in their proper place they are enjoyment, but they do not exceed the Lord. He is the Lord of the wine. And if I had spent my life working to obtain these things as satisfaction for my soul, I know they would be a huge disappointment. I would say, "is this it?" In their proper place, there is an enjoyment; there is a sweetness when a desire of the soul is accomplished; but, there is nothing sweeter than the Lord. There is no food I can eat, that can satisfy like eating with the Lord. There are no clothes that can beautify more than what the Lord can clothe with. I thank God for every good thing I have had, but, I rejoice most in Him. The Lord can provide a table in the wilderness.