In historical times (yes, that’s before Covid19 changed the course of almost everything in the world), there used to be malls…with opened shops and eateries…. and crowded by people. It was no strange a sight when we would come across any new opened restaurant or any newly introduced dish by an eatery and at their entrance, there would be a couple of servers and THEY WOULD OFFER US BITE-SIZED SAMPLES TO HAVE A TASTE OF THEIR FOOD OR DRINK. A common sight…and it was such a delight! I mean who doesn’t like free food (though be it only a bite) and many a times, it actually compelled us to walk inside, buy and get involved in the gluttony (in positive sense, of course). A good way of marketing, indeed!
Good food gets our hearts happy and cheerful. We enjoy it, relish it, talk about it to our friends and our peeps. We become the extended Marketing Team for the eating joint, do our jobs happily and interestingly, voluntarily! We take our friends to that restaurant or café and get them try out that food or drink and THE NEVER-ENDING CHAIN STARTS AND GOES ON…. What else would that eating joint want?
But notice, it all started with the TASTING of that food! If I or You had not tasted it, we would never know in our entire lives, how delicious that dish was. THAT BITE-SIZED FOOD WAS ALREADY PREPARED, we didn’t require to get our hands in the dough and kneed it to feed us, be delighted and satisfy ourselves. All we needed to do is TASTE and SEE how good it was!
One thing which we can’t ignore though is – that this food is perishable! One day, it will not exist (or we might not exist to enjoy it any more!). It is also possible, the next day we walk into the mall and there is another dish laid out in front of us and we might get pulled by it to be our new favorite! This TASTING IS TEMPORARY!
There is something far and above this Tasting! Something which is PERMANENT AND FOREVER – beyond even our years on this earth… And most interestingly, it is not something which gets us bored of it and move to another food! Everyday, every morning, there is something new to discover, new to taste, new to relish, new to be delighted in, new to be strengthened in…
What is it after all?
The Bible says in Psalm 34:8:
TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD; BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO TAKES REFUGE IN HIM.
TASTE AND SEE!!
The food is already prepared for you and laid out on the table…. All you need to do is TASTE AND SEE…. THAT THE LORD IS GOOD!!
The LORD is GOOD! His MERCIES, His LOVE, His GRACE is never-ending. HE is calling us – to TASTE AND SEE…. THAT HE IS GOOD!
We are SINNERS. We DESERVE PUNISHMENT for our sins. No amount of good work can forgive our sins and No amount of good work can take us to heaven. The only way of forgiveness of sins is if God Himself takes away the sins of the world. God could not see us be punished and die in sin. He came on the earth, to be the Lamb – to be slaughtered on our behalf, for our sins….. JESUS, the Lamb of God, who took away the sin of the world! He who knew no sin, but became sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God.
Jesus said in John 6:35, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”
Jesus said in John 3:13-14, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Jesus! He is the Bread of Life. He gives the Living Water. LIFE – which is Not Perishable and is Forever!
COME, TASTE AND SEE…. THAT THE LORD IS GOOD!
And yes, just like eating that BITE-SIZED SAMPLE, it compels us to go inside the restaurant, eat, relish and delight in the fullness of the dish, THERE WILL BE NO LACK IN GOD’S ABUNDANT LOVE, GRACE AND MERCIES TO HAVE YOU STOP EATING THE IMPERSIHABLE FOOD! Not just that, THEY WILL BE NEW EVERY MORNING…That is HOW GREAT HIS FAITHFULNESS IS!
The Bible says in Lamentations 3:22-23:
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
There will be so much joy in your heart, so much excitement, YOU WILL NOT STOP MAKING YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR PEEPS HAVING TO TASTE IT….. and THE NEVER-ENDING CHAIN STARTS AND GOES ON….
But Remember – it all started for you with the TASTING!!!
TASTE AND SEE.... THAT THE LORD IS GOOD!
17.06.2020
Agra
