Seize the Moment – Day 1326
Taste and See that the Lord is Good!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, November 3.
I like to put honey in my coffee; it’s a natural sweetener that has some health benefits to it, especially if you use local honey. I love how Solomon references honey in today’s rich chapter on wise living, instructing his students in Proverbs 24:13-14, “My son, eat honey, for it is good, yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; know that wisdom is thus for your soul; if you find it, then there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.” There are health benefits for your soul when you live your life according to the wisdom of God. Life is sweeter when you live with hope for the future.
It appears that Solomon caught his love for honey from his father. David used the same imagery in Psalm 19:9-11, “The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.” There is a great reward to living your life according to the judgments of the Lord. This is a truth you must learn for yourself.
More important than learning how good honey is from David, Solomon picked up his love for God and His wisdom. More important than trusting me that honey is good in your coffee, test me and see for yourself if spending time with God in prayer, and in studying His Word, is the sweetest of all. Have you cultivated a taste for the goodness of God?
Seize the moment and apply the wisdom of Proverbs 24: taste and see that the Lord is good – spending time with Him is sweeter than honey!
God bless you!
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