Taste and see that the LORD is good. How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him. Fear the LORD, you chosen people of his, for those who fear him lack nothing. Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
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There have been seasons in my life when I knew that God was good, but I felt He wasn’t being good to me. The gap between what I knew to be true about God and what I actually felt in my heart was wider than I wanted to admit. It was in one of those times that I read Psalm 34.
Taste and see that the Lord is good.
David isn’t extending a passive invitation here. He is not saying sit back and observe God’s goodness from a safe distance. He is saying pull up a chair. Draw close. Open your hands. Experience His goodness personally.
Ruth knew something about God’s goodness, too. She arrived in Bethlehem with nothing, a foreign widow in an unfamiliar land with no guarantee of provision, no safety net, and no backup plan. Yet she went to work. She showed up in Boaz’s field, trusting that God would provide. And He did, abundantly, specifically, and personally.
Ruth tasted the goodness of God, and it changed everything.
God’s goodness is not reserved for the easy seasons. It shows up in the ordinary details of your everyday life, too. It looks like a provision that comes at just the right moment whether a phone call from a friend on your hardest day, a peace that settled over your heart in the midst of anxiety, or an open door despite multiple closed ones.
This is God. This is His goodness, showing up in the details of your life because He loves you and sees you.
Today, don’t just know that God is good. Taste it. Look for it. Write it down. Because the more you look for His goodness, the more you will find it everywhere.