Psalm 36:8: …You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms
And thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. As they have the fruits of Eden to feed on, so shall they have the river of Paradise to drink from. God’s everlasting love bears constant and ample comfort, of which grace makes us drink by faith, and then our pleasure is of the richest kind. Heaven will, in the fullest sense, fulfill these words; but those who trust in the Lord enjoy the foretaste even here. The happiness given to the faithful is that of God himself; purified spirits joy with the same joy as the Lord himself. 1
Living the Transformed Life
The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. Isaiah 58:11
- We trust Him when we drink from His Word, and not from a bottle of booze.
- We trust Him when we taste of His goodness and resist the ungodliness that the world tries to sell us.
- We trust in Him when we are filled with His Spirit, and emptied of ourselves.
Let your thirst be quenched at the stream of His living water. – TWEET IT
Praise and Prayer
Thank You, Father, for always satisfying every need from Your endless supply of mercy and grace. Dear Jesus, teach me to come quickly to Your streams of living water and to drink freely and drink often.
1. Spurgeon, C. H. (1993). Psalms (p. 143). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
