Taste & See

Psalm 34

Good morning Church.

I'll tell you what, Ecuador was incredible.

God showed up in some amazing ways.

We saw people hear the gospel, we watched believers take steps of obedience, and we were reminded once again that the mission of God doesn't stop at the borders of Jacksonville.

It was one of those weeks where you go to be a blessing, and before it's over you realize you're the one who got blessed.

As much of a blessing it was to be there, there ain’t no place like home.

And I also want to say thank you to Brother Tommy for faithfully preaching the last two Sundays.

Didn't he do a great job? I'm grateful for a church that doesn't skip a beat when I'm away. Brother Tommy faithfully opened God's Word, pointed us to Jesus, and served our church well. I do find it pretty funny though, the week we are out he talks about Laurie’s and then when she is sitting there, he is talking about how great she is. That’s a smart man, that’s wisdom.

Now, if you've got your Bible—and I hope you do—go ahead and turn with me to Psalm 34..

The gospel is more than a message we explain. It is an invitation we extend. And We are just the messengers, God is the one who saves.

When we faithfully preach the gospel, we are not simply giving people information about Jesus. We are calling them to come to Jesus in faith, turn from their sin, and receive the forgiveness that only He can give.

That is what Jesus did throughout His ministry. He invited people to follow Him.

He told the weary to come to Him. He called people to deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Him.

He offered living water to anyone who was thirsty.

Jesus was constantly inviting people to Himself, and He is still doing that today through the preaching of His Word and the witness of His church.

Really, the Bible is one long invitation from beginning to end. It is the God who made us inviting sinful, broken people to know Him, trust Him, and find life in Him. Every one of those invitations flows from the heart of a God who loves people and desires for them to come to Him.

That is exactly what we find in Psalm 34.

Psalm 34 is a psalm filled with joy because David has personally experienced the goodness of God. But this psalm is not merely David telling us what happened to him. It is David inviting us to experience it for ourselves.

He begins by saying, “I will bless the Lord at all times,” but then he quickly turns to everyone around him and says, “Proclaim the Lord’s greatness with me; let us exalt His name together.” In other words, David is saying, “Don’t just listen to me praise God. Join me.”

Then David takes the invitation even further. He does not merely invite us to sing about the goodness of God. He invites us to experience the goodness of God. Verse 8 says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good. How happy is the person who takes refuge in Him!”

You cannot taste something from across the room.

At some point, you have to stop looking at it, stop hearing somebody else describe it, and experience it for yourself.

David is saying, “I know God is good because I have trusted Him. I have cried out to Him. I have taken refuge in Him. And now I am inviting you to discover that same goodness for yourself.”

That is the point of Psalm 34. David has found that God satisfies the deepest longings of the human heart, and he is pleading with us not to settle for hearing about God’s goodness secondhand. He is inviting us to trust God, take refuge in God, and experience the goodness of God for ourselves.

Before we jump into Psalm 34, I want you to understand what's happening in David's life when he writes these words. This isn't David sitting in a palace with everything going his way. He's on the run. His life has completely fallen apart.

And whats really cool about Psalm 34 is one of only fourteen psalms that tells us exactly when it was written 14 out of 150. Sounds like Florida State’s Record since Jordan Travis got hurt.

But the heading of Psalm 34 says, "Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

If you want the full story, go read 1 Samuel 21 this afternoon. It's one of the strangest—and honestly one of the funniest—episodes in David's life.

But here is the cliff notes version— At this point, Saul is still king, but David is becoming the hero of Israel.

Everywhere David goes, people are singing, "Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands."

Well, that didn't exactly boost Saul's self-esteem. Jealousy took over, and Saul became obsessed with killing David.

So David does what any man would do when the king is trying to pin him to the wall with a spear—he runs.

But where does he run? He runs to Gath.

It was a bold strategy, lets see if it works out for him cotton.

Now, if that name sounds familiar, it should. Gath was the hometown of Goliath.

Think about that for a second. David decides to hide in the city of the giant he killed. That's like trying to hide from the Jaguars by walking into their locker room wearing a Titans jersey. It makes absolutely no sense.

Everybody in Gath knew exactly who David was. He’s kind of a big deal. They knew he was the one who killed their hometown champion. They knew the songs Israel had been singing about him. David wasn't exactly blending into the crowd.

And when the king's servants recognized him, David realized he had made a terrible mistake.

So what does he do? He starts acting like he's lost his mind. He scratches on the city gates, lets spit run down his beard, and behaves like a madman until the king finally says, "Why have you brought this crazy man to me?" In this time period, it was believed you were either demon possessed or touched by a god if you were insane either one wasn’t good. So, they throw simple Jack right out of the city.

Now here's what's amazing. David looks back on one of the most humiliating, frightening moments of his life, and instead of writing a psalm about fear, embarrassment, or regret, he writes a psalm about the goodness of God.

So now knowing the backstory lets read Psalm 34 and it takes on a whole new depth.

Psalm 34 ESV

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 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. Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned. The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

We Are Invited to Personally Experience Him

One of the things I love about this verse is that David doesn't tell us to study the Lord. He doesn't say, "Read about Him," "Analyze Him," or even, "Look at Him." He says, "Taste and see that the Lord is good." That's a completely different kind of invitation.

You can know a lot about something without ever experiencing it. There are people who can quote Bible verses, explain theology, and debate doctrine, yet have never truly rested in the goodness of God. David isn't inviting us into a classroom; he's inviting us to a relationship. He's saying, "Don't just hear about God's goodness. Experience it for yourself."

Jesus used this kind of language throughout His ministry. He told people to come to Him if they were thirsty. He called Himself the Bread of Life. At the Last Supper He spoke of eating His flesh and drinking His blood—not because He was talking about literal food, but because He was teaching that faith is deeply personal. Just as food has to be eaten to nourish the body, Christ must be personally received to satisfy the soul. You cannot live off someone else's meal, and you cannot live off someone else's faith.

Think about it this way. I can tell you my favorite restaurant in Jacksonville. I can describe the menu. I can tell you the steak is perfectly cooked, the mashed potatoes are incredible, and the dessert is worth every calorie. I can give you pictures. I can let you smell the food. But until you take a bite yourself, you still don't know what I'm talking about. Description can point you in the right direction, but only experience can convince you.

Companies understand this. Coffee companies spend millions trying to describe their coffee. They'll tell you it's bold, rich, smooth, nutty, balanced, or has hints of chocolate and caramel. Those words are helpful, but they only go so far. At some point you've got to pick up the cup and take a sip.

The same is true with food. Reading the ingredients on the back of a Snickers bar doesn't compare to eating one. "Milk chocolate, peanuts, caramel, nougat..." That's informative, but it's not satisfying. Nobody walks away from reading the ingredient list thinking, "Man, I'm full." The experience is completely different.

David says God is like that. You can read about Him. You can hear sermons about Him. You can listen to podcasts, attend church every Sunday, and fill notebook after notebook with Bible study notes. Those things are good, and we ought to do them. But none of them are meant to replace personally walking with Jesus. Christianity is not simply about collecting information about God. It is about enjoying fellowship with God.

That is one of the great dangers of church life. We can become experts in Christian things while remaining strangers to the God those things point us to. We know the songs. We know when to stand and sit. We know the Bible stories. We know the answers in Sunday School. Yet all the while, our hearts can be cold because we've settled for knowledge instead of communion.

David says, "Taste."

Trust Him. Walk with Him. Obey Him. Pray to Him. Lean on Him in your suffering. Thank Him in your blessings. Bring Him your fears, your failures, and your burdens. Then watch what He does. You will discover that God is not merely good in theory—He is good in experience.

The invitation of Psalm 34 is not, "Take my word for it." It is, "Come find out for yourself." And every person who has genuinely trusted Christ can stand with David and say, "I have tasted, and I can tell you this—He is good."

Every Sunday, when I stand behind this pulpit, my job is really pretty simple. My job is to tell you how good Jesus is. Week after week, I'm trying to put His beauty, His grace, His mercy, and His faithfulness into words. In one sense, all I'm doing is laying out the ingredients. I'm describing the meal. I'm telling you what it tastes like. My hope is that by the time we leave here, you're not impressed with the sermon—you've developed an appetite for the Savior.

But here's the reality. You can come here every Sunday and listen to me describe Jesus, and still leave spiritually hungry. Listening to someone else talk about a meal has never filled anybody's stomach.

It would be like me spending thirty minutes describing a medium-rare ribeye. I tell you about the sizzling butter, the perfect seasoning, the way it practically melts in your mouth. You sit there nodding your head the whole time. Then we dismiss the service, and instead of going to lunch, you go home and watch YouTube videos of people eating steak. By Monday you're still starving. At some point you've got to quit watching other people eat and pick up a fork yourself.

That's exactly what David is saying.

There are people who have spent decades in church and have never actually tasted the goodness of God. They've heard hundreds of sermons. They've memorized verses. They know when to stand, when to sit, and when to say "Amen." They know all the songs. They know all the Bible stories. They know about Jesus.

But they don't know Jesus.

To them, Christ is a historical figure instead of a present Savior. He's a theological concept instead of a living Lord. He's someone to study rather than someone to love. Christianity has become information instead of transformation.

David isn't writing Psalm 34 as a theologian sitting behind a desk. He's writing as a man who has been rescued. He had been on the run. He had been afraid. He had acted like a madman just to stay alive. He had cried out to God, and God answered him. David isn't saying, "I've read that God is good." He's saying, "I've been there. I've tasted it. I know."

And now he's looking at us and saying, "Come see for yourself."

One of the reasons David spends the rest of the psalm listing God's blessings is because he wants to motivate us to trust Him. He isn't dangling empty promises. He's testifying from experience.

Do you want real life instead of just existing? David says, "Taste and see."

Do you want to know what it means to have the Lord hear your prayers? "The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears" (v. 17). Taste and see.

Do you want to experience His deliverance in the middle of your struggles? "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues him from them all" (v. 19). Taste and see.

Do you need somewhere to run when life falls apart? Verse 22 says the Lord redeems His servants, and those who take refuge in Him will never be condemned. Taste and see.

Notice what David doesn't promise. He doesn't promise an easy life. He doesn't say believers won't have afflictions. In fact, he says they will have many afflictions. The difference isn't the absence of trouble. The difference is the presence of God in the middle of it.

Church, that's the invitation of Psalm 34. God isn't standing at a distance saying, "Figure Me out." He's inviting you near. He's saying, "Come. Trust Me. Walk with Me. Depend on Me. Taste for yourself."

And I can preach about Him every single week for the next twenty years, but I cannot taste Him for you. Your spouse can't do it. Your parents can't do it. Your grandparents' faith won't do it. There comes a moment when every one of us has to personally come to Christ.

David has already taken a bite. He's smiling, looking at the rest of us, and saying, "You've got to try this. I promise you, the Lord is good."

We Are Invited to Actively Pursue Him

Notice that David doesn't say, "Think about the Lord." He doesn't say, "Admire the Lord." He says, "Taste." That's a command. It's an action word. Nobody accidentally tastes something. You have to make a decision. You have to reach out, pick it up, and take a bite.

If you've ever tried to get a toddler to eat vegetables, you know exactly what I'm talking about. You can make airplane noises. You can tell them the broccoli has superpowers. You can promise them dessert afterward. They'll still look you dead in the eyes like you've just offered them a handful of motor oil. You can't make someone taste something they've already decided they're going to hate.

The same thing happens with adults.

For about seven years, I tried to convince Blair to watch The Lord of the Rings. Four different attempts. We'd get a little ways into it, and she'd check out. Finally, she made it through all three movies, and her review was basically, "All the names sound the same, and they're way too long."

Now, she's wrong. Deeply, profoundly wrong. We can pray for her.

But I couldn't force her to love them. I could tell her how great they were. I could quote Gandalf. I could explain the story. I could even tell her she's missing one of the greatest trilogies ever made. None of that mattered until she actually sat down and watched them for herself.

The same goes for Bob and sweet tea. I don't care how many times someone tells him it's the nectar of the South, if he won't drink it, he'll never know.

Spiritually, it's no different.

God does not force Himself on anyone. He invites us. He calls us. He commands us. But He doesn't drag us kicking and screaming into a relationship with Him. David's command is simple: Taste.

That means we have to respond.

David did.

He trusted the Lord when his life fell apart. He cried out when he was afraid. He sought the Lord when he didn't know what to do. He kept pursuing God, and because he pursued God, he experienced the goodness of God.

Jesus says the exact same thing in Matthew 7:7

Matthew 7:7 ESV

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Look at those verbs.

Ask. Seek. Knock.

Every one of them requires action.

Jesus isn't describing someone lying on the couch waiting for spiritual maturity to magically appear like Amazon Prime delivering holiness to your front porch. He's describing someone who actively pursues God.

I've heard people say for years, "Pastor, I just don't feel close to God anymore."

My first question is usually, "Are you pursuing Him?"

Because relationships don't grow by accident.

I've been married long enough to know that if I ignored Blair all week, never talked to her, never spent time with her, never listened to her, and then at the end of the week said, "I just don't feel like we're very close," she'd have a very detailed sermon prepared just for me. And I'd deserve every point of it.

Relationships require intentional pursuit.

The same is true with God.

If you never pray, don't be surprised when you struggle to recognize His answers.

If you never open His Word, don't be surprised when you're spiritually weak and easily discouraged.

If you only think about Him for an hour on Sunday morning, don't be surprised when He feels distant the other 167 hours of the week.

Distance from God rarely happens overnight. It's usually the result of a thousand small decisions not to pursue Him.

Here's the encouraging part: God wants to be found.

He's not hiding behind a tree hoping you never discover Him. He's not playing some cosmic game of hide-and-seek where He's trying to make your life miserable. Over and over again, Scripture tells us that when we genuinely seek Him, we find Him.

The problem isn't that God is hiding.

The problem is that too many Christians are playing the hokey pokey with their faith. We've got one foot in and one foot out. We want enough of Jesus to get to heaven, but not enough to inconvenience our schedule. We want His blessings without His Lordship. We want His promises without His commands. We want to sprinkle a little Jesus into our lives instead of surrendering our lives to Jesus.

And then we wonder why our faith feels dry.

God has never made knowing Him complicated. We do that. We want to do things our way. We want to call the shots. We want to fit Jesus into our plans instead of surrendering to His.

But the invitation of Psalm 34 is still standing.

Taste.

Jesus says, Ask. Seek. Knock.

David says, Taste and see.

The promise is the same. Those who genuinely pursue the Lord will discover that He has been pursuing them all along. They will find that His goodness isn't just something to believe with their minds—it is something to experience with their lives.

The invitation of Psalm 34 is simple: don't just admire God from a distance. Chase after Him. Pursue Him. Taste and see for yourself that the Lord is good.

David doesn't just tell us to pursue God. He tells us what pursuing God actually looks like.

In verses 9–16, he gets incredibly practical. Fear the Lord. Seek the Lord. Guard your tongue. Turn away from evil. Pursue peace. Live a life that honors God. These aren't random commands. They're the daily habits of someone who wants to know God more deeply.

Here's what I've learned from being in the gym.

Nobody accidentally gets stronger.

I've never walked into Bailey's and seen a guy sitting on a bench scrolling Facebook for an hour and thought, Man, look at those biceps. It doesn't happen.

You have to show up. You have to be consistent. You have to put in the work when you don't feel like it. You have to push through the days when you're tired. Then, over time, you begin to see results.

The Christian life works much the same way.

Now don't misunderstand me. We are not saved by our effort. We are saved by grace through faith. But once we're saved, growing in Christ requires intentionality. You don't drift into holiness any more than you drift into a 405-pound bench press.

Imagine if I came into church next Sunday and said, "I'm so frustrated. I've been a member of the gym for five years, and I still can't bench 500 pounds."

You'd probably ask, "How often do you go?"

"Well...I drive by it every day."

The problem isn't the gym. The problem is they stopped showing up.

Spiritually, we do the same thing.

One of the biggest problems in the American church is that many people think one hour on Sunday will make them spiritually healthy.

They spend the rest of the week filling their minds with everything the world has to offer, then expect one sermon to fix it all.

That's like eating donuts for breakfast, a double cheeseburger for lunch, pizza for dinner every night, and then saying, "Don't worry...I had a salad on Sunday."

It doesn't work that way.

If all you ever feed your soul is junk, don't be surprised when your spiritual life feels weak.

Nobody would expect that to work.

Yet spiritually, that's exactly how some people live. They own three Bibles. They occasionally listen to a sermon. They come to church when it's convenient. Then they wonder why they don't feel close to God.

Growth doesn't happen because you own a Bible. Growth happens because you open it.

Growth doesn't happen because you know how to pray. Growth happens because you actually pray.

Growth doesn't happen because your name is on a church membership roll. Growth happens because you're walking with Jesus every day.

That's exactly what David is saying. Fear the Lord. Seek the Lord. Turn away from sin. Pursue peace. Those who consistently pursue God consistently experience God.

The strongest Christians aren't the ones who had one incredible spiritual moment ten years ago. They're the ones who have faithfully shown up day after day, week after week, year after year. Just like in the gym, consistency beats intensity.

If you want to experience the goodness of God, don't expect one hour on Sunday to carry you through the week. Pursue Him every day. Open His Word. Spend time in prayer. Walk in obedience.

Over time, you'll discover what David already knew:

Taste and see that the LORD is good.

We Are Invited to Be Fully Satisfied in Him

David has invited us to experience the Lord. He's invited us to pursue the Lord. Now he tells us what happens when we do.

We'll be satisfied.

David isn't making a wish. He's making a promise. If you truly taste the Lord, you'll discover that He is better than anything this world has to offer. The reason David can say that with confidence is because he's lived it. He chased success. He experienced victory. He had power, influence, and fame. Yet after everything he'd been through, David still comes back to the same conclusion: there is nothing better than the Lord.

The problem is that most of us keep trying to satisfy a spiritual hunger with physical things.

It's like drinking salt water when you're thirsty. You think it's helping because you're drinking something, but every sip just leaves you thirstier than before.

That's what money does.

That's what success does.

That's what pornography does.

That's what relationships do.

That's what alcohol, entertainment, and every other idol promise. They all advertise satisfaction, but none of them can actually deliver it.

Only Jesus can.

The reason is simple: God created you for Himself.

You were never designed to find your deepest satisfaction in your career, your spouse, your kids, your hobbies, your accomplishments, or your bank account. Those are all gifts from God, but they make terrible gods.

When we trust Christ, we're brought back into the relationship we were created to have. We are forgiven. We are adopted. We are made new. From that moment on, the Christian life becomes a daily pursuit of the One who alone can satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts.

Here's the battle every Christian fights.

Every single day we're bombarded with voices telling us, "This will make you happy." "Buy this." "Watch this." "Sleep with this person." "Get this promotion." "If you just had this one thing, then you'd finally be satisfied."

The world has been making those promises since the Garden of Eden.

And it's still lying.

The Christian life is waking up every morning and reminding yourself that Jesus is better.

He's better than sin.

He's better than comfort.

He's better than success.

He's better than anything this world can offer.

I'll put it this way. After a hard workout, I've been known to crave a cheeseburger. And every once in a while, that's great. But if I ate double bacon cheeseburgers, fries, and milkshakes after every workout, eventually I'd wonder why all that work in the gym wasn't changing anything. The problem wouldn't be the workout. The problem would be what I kept feeding myself afterward.

Spiritually, we do the same thing.

We come to church on Sunday. We open God's Word. We spend time in prayer. Then Monday through Saturday we feed our minds and hearts on everything but Christ. And then we wonder why our souls still feel empty.

David says, Stop feeding your soul junk food. Feast on Christ.

Because when you truly taste Him, you'll discover something the world can never offer.

Jesus doesn't just fill your stomach for a moment. He satisfies your soul forever.

The prophet Jeremiah paints one of the saddest pictures in all of Scripture. God says:

Jeremiah 2:13 ESV

for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Think about what God is saying.

Imagine you're dying of thirst. Right beside you is a crystal-clear spring with fresh, cold water that never runs dry. Instead of drinking from it, you walk away, grab a shovel, dig a hole in the dirt, and hope rainwater eventually fills it up. To make matters worse, the hole has cracks in it, so every drop leaks out.

You'd look at that person and say, "That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen."

God says, "That's exactly what My people keep doing."

We walk away from the One who can actually satisfy us, and then we spend our lives chasing things that were never designed to satisfy us in the first place.

Every day we're tempted to believe the lie that this next thing will finally make us happy. If I just had more money...if I just got married...if I just got the promotion...if I just bought the new truck...if I just retired...then I'd finally be satisfied.

But once we get it, the excitement fades, and we're already looking for the next thing.

That's because cracked cisterns never hold water.

Only Jesus does.

The Christian life is a daily decision to keep coming back to the Fountain instead of the broken cisterns. Every morning we remind ourselves that Christ is enough. Every day we choose to believe that His presence is better than sin, better than success, better than comfort, and better than anything this world can offer.

David's invitation in Psalm 34 is really the same invitation Jeremiah gives us centuries later.

Stop drinking from broken wells.

Stop chasing things that can never satisfy your soul.

Come back to the One who never runs dry.

Taste and see that the LORD is good.

Because everyone who trusts Him discovers the same truth: God never disappoints those who look to Him to satisfy the deepest longings of their hearts.

As we finish this morning, let's go back to where we started.

Picture David again.

He's standing outside the gates of Gath. He's terrified. He's drooling into his beard. He's scratching at the city gates and pretending to be insane because he's convinced it's the only way he's gets out alive.

Nobody would have looked at David in that moment and thought, Now there's a man who's about to write one of the greatest psalms in the Bible.

Yet sometime after God delivered him, David sat down and reflected on what the Lord had done. As he looked back, he didn't write about his acting skills. He didn't brag about how clever he was. He didn't pat himself on the back because he had escaped another dangerous situation.

He wrote, "Taste and see that the LORD is good."

David realized something every believer eventually has to learn. His greatest need wasn't escaping Saul. His greatest need wasn't defeating the Philistines. His greatest need wasn't becoming king.

His greatest need was God.

And so is ours.

Some of you walked in this morning thinking your greatest need is for your marriage to get better.

Others think it's a better job, better health, more money, fewer bills, less anxiety, or a different set of circumstances.

Now hear me. Those are real needs, and it's right to pray about them.

But if God gave you every one of those things and you still didn't have Him, its all for not.

Because you were created for more than temporary happiness.

You were created to know God. You were created to be in relationship with God.

That's why David doesn't say, "Taste and see that the Lord gives good gifts."

He says, "Taste and see that the LORD is good."

The gift is not the point.

The Giver is.

Church, don't miss that.

One of the easiest traps to fall into is treating Jesus like He's the means to getting what we really want. We come to Him for peace, for forgiveness, for help, for direction, for strength, and He certainly gives those things. But somewhere along the way we have to realize that the greatest gift Jesus gives us is Himself.

When you have Christ, you have everything you ultimately need.

The world spends billions of dollars every year trying to convince you that satisfaction is just one purchase away, one promotion away, one relationship away, one vacation away. Yet the moment you get it, you're already looking for the next thing.

David says, "I've tried enough of life to know that's a lie."

The Lord is good.

Not because David read about it.

But because he experienced it.

That's my prayer for our church.

Not that we'd become people who know more facts about God.

Not that we'd become people who simply attend church.

But that we'd become people who have tasted His goodness for ourselves.

If you've never trusted Christ, today is the day. Turn from your sin and trust the One who died in your place and rose again so that you could be forgiven and brought into a relationship with God.

And if you're already a follower of Jesus, quit drinking from broken cisterns. Quit chasing things that promise satisfaction but never deliver. Run back to Christ. Open His Word. Spend time with Him. Walk with Him tomorrow morning, not just this morning.

Because I believe with all my heart that if you'll do what David says, you'll discover what David discovered.

Taste and see that the LORD is good.