[Read Isaiah 25:6-9]

Most of us really look forward to special meals. Thanksgiving is probably the biggest feast day for us with Christmas and Easter close behind. While we enjoy any good meal there is something really special about a feast. It doesn’t even have to be a huge meal just as long as it is special. A couple of really good cheeses with fresh fruit can make for a feast especially when shared with someone that means a great deal to us. Isaiah taps into this part of our humanity when he describes God’s desire for us. God is going to throw a banquet for us. It will be a feast with rich, delicious food and wondrous wines. It will be the kind of feast that most of his audience could only dream about probably. It will be a feast that they couldn’t prepare for themselves.

This feast goes …