Taste and See how Good God Is

January 23

Taste and See how Good God Is

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing (Psalm 34:6-10).

One definition of “taste” is, “to become acquainted with by experience” (Webster’s Dictionary). This idea is brought out in this Psalm when we are told that the man who trusts in God is blessed (which means “happy”). The Psalmist is confident that when one tastes and see how good God really is then he or she will have no difficulty trusting Him.

But how do we go about “tasting” God’s goodness? We are to “taste and see” that God is good by the wonderful things that He does for us. Notice some of the things in this Psalm that is attributed to God’s goodness. The psalmist mentions the angelic protection that God provides to those who fear (reverence and worship) Him. This is a far cry from the false depiction of God we are given by some in which God is behind accidents and every tragic event that comes our way. If that is our experience of God then it is no wonder that some have claimed to have tasted of Him and have been left with a bitter taste in their mouths.

The Psalmist also mentions God’s abundant provision to those that suffer lack.  This provision comes to those who do not seek the provision itself, but the Provider (Matt. 6:33). The reason that so many continue to suffer lack is because they do not seek the Lord. The reason many do not seek the Lord is because they do not trust Him. The reason they do not trust Him is because, rather than tasting for themselves to see how good He is, they have accepted false ideas about God. Many have embraced a distorted definition of God’s goodness that appears to be more in line with the acts of Satan than with what we know to be in line with the universal definition of “good”.

Get hungry for the truth about God. Taste and see how good He really is. You will be so glad that you did.

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