Taste and see for yourself

“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. [I Pet. 2:2, 3.]” There’s a saying christians have when someone asks them how they’re doing. We say, “God is good!”, and many times the person responding in that way doesn’t even know God, they may know of Him but to know God beyond that takes work. Any relationship of value takes time to come about. Until you spend that quality alone time with the Lord, you won’t be able to taste and see that the Lord is good. There’s nothing like an informed opinion, and not simply relying on what someone else says. Throughout the bible we read how the Lord is good, and His mercy endures forever. The crisis and storms that come through our lives are opportunities to see how the Lord is good to us. That may sound like a contradiction but our faith in God is vital for victories over those trials to occur. Faith is the hand that takes from God. Without it how can we survive as christians or please the Lord (Hebrews 11:6). To trust and take refuge in God is what He requires to take care of that which concerns you. To be happy, fortunate and to be envied is the man or woman who has tasted and seen that the Lord is indeed good.