Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Subject: Trusting God - Pslam 33-35

Psalms 34:8-10 (ESV Strong's)

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!

The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Subject:  Trusting God

In the last verse of the above, the writer of this Psalm (David) states, "The young lions suffer want and hunger ....".    Young lions are lions of strength and self-sufficiency.   They are the most active and powerful hunters.   Of all the beast, the lion is the "king."   What the writer is trying to teach us is that, in our own self-sufficiency, we will lack.  We might count on our strength, skill and prowess to get us through, we WILL lack!!!   But, "those who seek the Lord lack no good thing."   This is why, in the beginning of these verses the writer tells us to "taste and see" that the Lord is good.  He wants us to employ two senses in our discovery of the Lord.   The "see" sense is easy to get.  We look at the world around us and can see that God is doing a great thing and God is great.   The "taste" sense is harder to comprehend.  How do we "taste" God.   Perhaps this is the passage Christ was mediating on when He told us, "I am the bread of life."   We often use the metaphor, "taste life."  What God is saying here is that in this world we can use a lot of things to satisfy our appetites.  Note this Proverb:

Proverbs 16:26 (ESV Strong's)
A worker's appetite works for him;
his mouth (hunger) urges him on.

So, what we see it that our "appetite" is always in high gear and we attempt, through work, to satisfy that appetite.   What the Psalmist is saying is, "taste" the Lord and you will find out He will satisfy your hunger.   Our world is always seeking to quench the thirst and hunger inside them.   This writer says, the Lord is satisfaction and, unlike the lion trying to satisfy his hunger (natural as it might be), he will go hungry.  If we taste and see the Lord is good, we will not go hungry.   We will be satisfied with good things from God.

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