Title: Wine of Joy (Isaiah 55:1)
Contents Following on from the day before yesterday, we will learn the meaning of wine with the same text. The wine mentioned in the text means joy. If you lose your joy in the world, your life will come to an end. No matter how much you wear fancy clothes and eat seafood in a nice house, if you lose joy in your heart, your life will fade and you will face despair. Therefore, joy in life is absolute.
The Lord told us to drink living water and buy wine after we satisfy our hunger. The wine here is symbolic and refers to the new heavenly wine, the Holy Spirit, given to us by Jesus Christ through His death on the cross and resurrection. Since the Bible says to buy wine without money and without price, all you need to do is accept the wine as a gift.
After Jesus was crucified and died, all the apostles were afraid and hid. They gathered in the attic, locked the door, and held a prayer meeting there. However, on the day of Pentecost, as I was filled with the Holy Spirit and allowed me to speak with the Holy Spirit, I had a groundbreaking experience of speaking in tongues. When the Holy Spirit came into their hearts, their worries and anxieties went away, and they were filled with joy and courage. The hidden apostles kicked the door open and sang hymns and preached.
When the people saw the apostles, they were overflowing with joy. And the words of the apostles were so powerful that 3,000 of those present repented on their knees.
If there is no joy and praise in the hearts of those who believe in Jesus Christ, they are living a sickly religious life. Is there joy in my heart and family? Today the Lord says, [Those who do not have joy come to me and buy wine without money and without price]. Proverbs 31:6 says, "Give strong drink to those who are dying, and wine to those who are troubled in spirit." A person who is full of worries can forget his worries and anxieties for a while by drinking the wine of the world, but this does not solve the fundamental problem. But the wine of the Lord brings eternal joy.
The Lord wants to give the wine of heaven to those who come before Him and ask Him. Be filled with the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. When you do that, you will be overflowing with joy, which is the vital energy of your life.
Prayer: Almighty God. Help us to live with joy by the power of God. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.