The Extravagant Drink 2

Continuing with last week’s post, we saw that in this lavish celebration there were goblets of many designs offered to those who wanted to drink  the wine. The many designs of the goblets imply that they all could have been one of a kind. This means that we--being those golden goblets (unique expressions of His glory), have a plan and purpose from God fit for each one of us that is unique, and as we come to Him, He can guide us in that uniqueness that helps us develop the gifts and talents He has given us to advance His kingdom on the earth. This also means that right where we are and for where He wants to take us there is help from above to get us there. For this reason, our constant cry for more of Him is indeed a necessity. The arms of the Father are open wide to receive us each time we cry out for more of Him through His Son Jesus. The message bible explains it best when it states in Ephesians 1:3-6,

“How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What a pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son”.

In verses 17-18, the message bible also explains this benefit, “I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of his glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!”

From the two passages we can see that our God is so loving that He yearns for intimacy with us, so we can get to know Him, like we should get to know a spouse, what he or she likes or dislikes, what is in his or her heart, what brings them joy, and let’s not forget, so we can know how we can make them feel that we love them too. He is also like that, and our worship gives Him a joyous countenance from which He pours out the lavish riches of His glory on us.

Romans 9:23 also points out that “God has the right to pour out the riches of his glory upon those he prepared to be the objects of his mercy” NLT. As mentioned before our worship triggers this outpouring, but also our obedience as God prepares us to fulfill His planned vision for us. So as an additional benefit, we have His mercy that comes in the form of protection from our enemies and from every harm and forgiveness of our trespasses when we, through our repentance, allow Him to have His way in us and through us. Thus, He gives us the ability to learn to be relevant as we move with the Holy Spirit at each step of our journey in Him.

In conclusion, our lifetime on earth is not enough to discover all there is to know about God, but our thirst to have more of Him and of His ways is open for us all to be quenched in an extravagant way. So have your fill and keep going for more. This is an all you can drink adventure whereby the riches of His glory will never run out for He is El Shaddai—The God of more than enough, and as Apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 13:14, “The amazing grace of the Master Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you” The Message. To Him alone be all the glory■

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