"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows." Psalm 23: 5
One of my jobs at work is to prepare fresh fruit servings for student lunches. One particular bunch of grapes was so densely populated with fruit that I could barely work my fingers in there to wrest them from their stems.
This brought to mind a Sunday School lesson from many years ago. The teacher was using the flannelgraph to demonstrate the story of the spies who were sent to explore the land of Canaan. I can still remember being impressed by the mammoth bunch of grapes they found that was so heavy, they had to carry it on a pole between them. "When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them along with some pomegranates and figs." (Numbers 13:23)
God had described the land He was giving to His people as a "land flowing with milk and honey." Evidently, the grape crop wasn't doing too badly either! That's how God is, though. Generous beyond comprehension.
As a Christian in 2022, my All You Can Eat buffet is found in God's word. Recently, I went on a quest to see how many verses I could find that describe the abundant life that is offered in Christ. Finding a small spiral notebook, I began to write them out in longhand so I could tangibly experience the feast for myself. I have found such heavy clusters of verses that I am going to need a larger notebook.
I will leave some "grapes" for you to sample:
- I have peace: Psalm 4:8
- I am safe : Psalm 9:9
- I have heavenly citizenship: Philippians 3:20
- I am a friend of God: John 15:15
- I am loved: Jeremiah 31:3
- I am completely forgiven: Colossians 1: 13, 14
- I will receive the crown of life: James 1:12
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