It’s beauty lingered. The colors stretched rosy, dream
sickle fingers towards me. I tasted this awesomeness of morning and automatically
whispered a response of praise to the Creator. Oh taste and see that the Lord is good! Ps.
34:8
Bible Study night group finds us scrutinizing the book of I
Peter. Writing to saints in a society that wasn’t friendly to Christians,
brings out the fatherly comfort of this apostle, along with practical reminders
to his listeners of their privilege in the unseen kingdom of God
and how to respond to their present day realities.
After citing the many attributes of their heavenly
inheritance and the power of the Living Word of God, he commands that they
desire the pure spiritual milk of the Word--since they’ve tasted that the
Lord is good. Whether young or old in
the faith, this is common diet for all of us.
So where am I tasting God’s goodness that’s drawing me back for more of
this drink that is organic and pure, loaded with preservatives of the good
kind? For it preserves my life and my desires from rotting and spoiling away.
I taste it in creation-the sunrise, the tiny birds at my
feeder, the moon, the amaryllis flowering on the dining room floor. “Come and see my wonders”, they beckon.
Summer youth church camp packed in a week of inspiring
messages around the campfire, while the darkness of night kept its close
distance along the boundaries of the glowing light. His goodness never felt
closer and I’d leave determined to carry His presence into the routine of life
away from camp.
Answers to my prayers ooze goodness. Hearing how others have tasted God’s goodness
increases my appetite.
Growing up in a home where that pure spiritual milk was
always in abundance, I tasted daily of its goodness and saw its benefits of
comfort, instruction and hope in the lives of my parents. The Bible became familiar and made many deposits
of truth and wisdom into my life account that has allowed never ending withdraws.
Will I share this goodness with others? Will they taste it because I offer it?
Matthew Henry, Bible commentary writer, points out that we can hear, smell and
see from a distance, but the sense of taste requires closeness. Am I willing to
be close to those who may not know there is goodness available?
She was watching the solar eclipse last summer. She told the reporter is was an awesome experience
and that she had felt very emotional.
She didn’t know why it affected her that way. Did someone tell her that she had just tasted
of God’s goodness and that she could have plenty more from where that came
from?
That’s who you are,
And I’m loved by you,
That’s who I am.
From Chris Tomlin
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Thanks for sharing your response!