Taste of the Lord’s Goodness!

Psalm 34

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, April 21.

Psalm 34 is another of the acrostic poems based on the twenty-two characters of the Hebrew alphabet. David carefully structured this tribute to God, after he was rescued from certain death at the hands of “Abimelech,” who was Achish king of Gath from 1 Samuel 21:10-15.

In Psalm 34:8, David invited you to trust God, as he had learned to trust Him, “O taste and see that the Lord is good; how blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!” There is only one way to know that the Lord is good, and that is by trying Him. I love this verse because it challenges us to pray today’s psalm and then put it into practice – “to walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). How will you ever learn to trust God if you don’t ever take refuge in Him?

David was being pursued by King Saul when he wrote this psalm. He had been betrayed by his own king and was now in the hands of a foreign king. In Psalm 34:18, David declared that his hope was in God, “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” This is one of the most comforting verses in the Bible. Whether you are at a funeral service surrounded by grief, or at a coffee shop with a friend experiencing heartbreak, God sees and is present to the pain! Do you press into the Lord when you are brokenhearted?

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 34, meditating upon the goodness of God. The ultimate proof of God’s goodness is found in Psalm 34:20, “He keeps all his bones, not one of them is broken.” Jesus Christ fulfilled this prophecy on the cross, according to John 19:36. Jesus died so that you can live and taste of God’s goodness eternally. Got Jesus?

God bless you!

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