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TASTE AND SEE

“O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.”  (Psalms 34:8).     When I was young, and resistant to trying new foods (especially vegetables), my mother would say, “Just taste one bite, and if you don’t like it, you don’t have to eat it.”  Usually, she would have a fight getting me to try even one bite because I had already made up my mind that I didn’t like it.  Something about the color, or the texture, or just the way it lay on the plate would turn me against it.  As unsuccessful as my mom's method was, I still tried it with my own kids with similar results.  Once in a great while, though, they would actually take a taste and, lo and behold, they would like what they tried and want more.    David tells us in Psalm 34, “O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”  One can never know just how good a thing is until they experience it for themselves.  We...
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STIRRING UP THE NEST

We are creatures of habit.   We all have our routines which we cherish and protect.   Some habits are good, like reading the Bible or praying at a certain time each day; but other habits are not so good (do I really have to name them?).   Even our good habits can get in the way of God's will if we become so rigid that we will not allow anything to interfere with our routine.   Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and scribes in His day saying, "This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.  Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.  For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.  And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition ." (Mark 7:6-9).   Whenever we get too set in our ways, we are in danger of quenching the Spirit in our lives...
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THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED

I can easily identify with the sentiment that the apostle Paul expresses in the tenth chapter of Romans.   He writes, “Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved .  For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.  For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God .” (Romans 10:1-3).   As a child, and into my early teens, I was made to attend a church that was void of any spiritual fervor.   The pastor, by his own confession, did not believe in much of the Bible, including the miracles of Jesus and the virgin birth.   The members came to church to show off their new cars and fine clothes, and leave feeling better about themselves because they made the “sacrifice” to come.   Some embraced unbiblical beliefs – such as reincarnation – and yet claimed to be Christi...
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