Unless This Wine Keeps the City

Our community is replete with people who want good things to grow and we should thank God for this. It is easy to get stuck in the mud, unmotivated to see such growth. And it is easy to be confused about what should grow and what shouldn’t. But in the main, we have a collection of saints who know what it is we are laboring for. So we pray and work for the growth of God’s kingdom in all its fullness, including the growth of marriages, children, education, business, the arts, sports, politics, culture, and every other good thing the Lord has given us. 

As we labor toward that end, consider the lesson of this table. This bread is the fundamental growth agent. Apart from this bread, everything shrivels up. Apart from this wine, the world decays with all of its projects. If this bread doesn’t build the house, they labor in vain that build it. If this wine keeps not the city, the watchmen stay awake in vain. 

I am not, of course, simply saying that you should be nourished by Christ in your labors. That is true enough but not the central point. The central point is that this bread will rebuild all things. This wine will surely do it. What our Lord said to David is just as true today. He bends down low so we can hear and says, “Will you build me a house to dwell in?” No, “I will build you a house.” 

You find yourselves today in the heavenly tabernacle formed by no human hand. You’re in a growing kingdom like a rock carved by no human hand. Even the womb which our Christ took to as His first earthly home was a virgin womb. Put not your trust in any Joseph, for He will die and His plans will perish. But do trust the virgin’s Son, the will of the LORD will prosper in His hand. So come in faith and welcome to Jesus Christ.

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