All You Can Eat

Written on 11/02/2022
Christian Dunn

Verse: Psalm 34:8

Taste and see that the Lord is good;
    blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

Thoughts
This is a simple one today, but a profound one. This verse sticks with me all the time. Can you imagine going to your favorite restaurant and just looking at the food? There's this Brazilian steakhouse I've gone to for very special occasions. They bring out all you can eat slices of something like 12 different meats. It's amazing. I'm pretty sure that angels run it, and that it's actually a portal to heaven.

You could not pay me enough money to go there and just sit and watch and not eat. That would be the definition of insanity.  When I'm there I want to "taste and see" that the food is amazing. 

So often in life people just keep God at arms length. They may debate morality, or discuss philosophy, or think about it as religion, but they never really get to know Jesus. They never feel his presence, talk to him in prayer, connect with him in worship, etc. In other words they never taste and see! And so some people don't know how good God is!

If you've never been to this steakhouse then you don't know how good it is, and you just have to take my word for it. Don't let that be your faith as well. Don't just take other people's word for it that God is good. Experience him for yourself!

He wants to be close to you. He wants you to know his presence, to learn to hear his voice, and to feel his pleasure in your life. He wants you to taste and see that he is good! He ultimately wants you to know him, not just know about him.

Prayer
Help me to know you more and more God - draw me closer to you!