Taste and See

"Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!" Psalm 34:8

How do we taste and see that God is good?

I looked up the words "taste and see" in this verse. And the Hebrew root words for both words mean "to taste; figuratively, to perceive...perceive, taste." The Hebrew root word for "perceive" meant the same thing. Then I looked up the regular definition for "perceive" and it had two definitions, 1) to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses, and 2) to recognize, discern, envision, or understand.

This just showed me another way that God intricately works things.

So if we want to "taste and see" God in this sense, then we need to perceive God, and in order to perceive God we must:

• Become aware of Him in our lives
• Know Him
• We can identify Him with our senses (Yes with all five senses. Examples in the Bible: Moses saw God, the Israelites heard God's army go before them, the Israelites tasted bread from Heaven, Mary wiped Jesus' feet with her hair, and the sweet smell in the Holy Place in the Temple.)
• Recognize God in our lives
• Discern what is of God, and what is not
• Envision Him
• Understand His heart

That's quite the list. But if all of God's people would focus on doing these things, there wouldn't be any doubt that God is good---among believers and un-believers!

And imagine the things that would happen if we would use even two of our sense to know God better!

---Joy