“For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand, full of wine blended with spices, and he pours from it. All the wicked of the earth will drink, draining it to the dregs.” (v. 8)

It’s true.

There is a cup.

It belongs to the Judge, and its contents are just, to be given to the wicked in judgment.

Sinners deserve it, every drop, to the dregs.

But, by grace, God has given the cup to His own Son, and not to a sinner like me. Jesus hadn’t earned it, but He took it. Jesus didn’t deserve it, but He made it His own. Jesus despised the very notion of it—but He desired us more.

Thank God for the One who took the cup, the One who became sin for you so that you could have His life, when you believe.

— Tyler