Psalm 34:8

Psalm 34:8

Taste and see     

My wife has, on rare occasions, produced a sumptuous Taster Menu – and the food that goes with it! One Christmas stands out when we were treated to about 10 Courses and the eating went on all day! Each delicacy had its own delights and none of the dishes was a piled high plate of food but rather an exquisite adventure into different flavours and textures. All the family who were present remember that Christmas Day!

The God who made the universe, the galaxies and the glories of the heavenly bodies is also the One who created trees and flowers and shrubs and grasses, insects, birds, mammals, fish and mankind. He is a God of exceptional variety and infinite wonders. That same God humbled Himself to become a man and to show Himself to us. He is the divine author of a book unlike any other, full of hidden depths, surprises and nuggets of amazing wisdom and knowledge. This God invites you and me to draw near and taste any one of the delights from His Menu, to allow our senses to be overwhelmed with His goodness but also to allow our spirits to be made alive by the wonders of all of His provision. “Taste and see”, He cries. “Taste and see! Everything I have for you, everything I give you, everything I say to you; it is all for your good for it is good! Any man or woman who rests in me, who is covered by me, who loves me and dwells with me will be richly blessed. Taste and see!” Hebrews 6:4-6a carries on the theme: - “It is impossible for those who have been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance.” You see, once you have tasted, how could you ever settle again for the ordinary, the mundane, the scraps that the world offers? 

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