Taste and See

O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him. Psalm 34:8 AMPC

Few Lessons:
1. God can be tasted, literally. When you take stock of all you have been through, and truthfully examine the impact of God's hand on all your situations, do you not feel God at work in all situations? Have you not seen his invisible yet strong hand leading, guiding and protecting you even in the valley of the shadow of death?
2. The invitation is out there, asking that I come, taste and see. It is a picture of assurance from God's perspective, stating with certainty that with Him, you cannot have anything else except good. It is not seeing from the dim light of your own limitations, but seeing as God sees. I must approach the throne of grace with confidence, I must open my mouth to ask and my arms to be carried. God does not force himself on anyone, but he will move heaven and earth for anyone who trusts in Him. I must not define life by what I see, but what God wants me to see.
3. Trusting in God always leads to blessings. Trusting in God always opens doors that nothing else can open. Abraham was blessed by God beyond what any man could give him, simply because he trusted God. Isaac was blessed beyond the country where he was living because God blessed him. You cannot take your eyes away from God and fix it on the shallow, temporary circumstances that surround us daily.
4. Taking permanent refuge, not temporary residence in God, is what qualifies you for blessing. Too many times, we see God as one of many options, thinking we do have a choice. God is not at our disposal, to be used and dumped as we please; he is the One who alone must be served, worshipped and trusted. If I must end well, and if I must enjoy God's divine favour, I must just trust completely, absolutely and wholly on God alone. His time of favour is here.