Taste and See by T.

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 10, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 23.

Taste and See

By T.

THE psalmist calls out to us with great earnestness, we might even say with earnest enthusiasm, “O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.” Ps. 34: 8.

Many individuals have theories concerning the Lord. Many have systems of religion and of theology, but all of those theories and systems are nothing more than dry shucks unless we have the actualities in our soul of the knowledge that comes through really tasting of the things of God and knowing for ourselves that they are good. You may have found some very delightful fruit, beautiful to the sight and beyond description to the taste. You may seek to describe it. You may tell your friends and acquaintances everything that you can think of concerning it. But after all, they know nothing about it until they actually see and taste it for themselves.

The individual who has not seen this fruit may laugh about it. He may ridicule you for thinking that it is so beautiful and that it tastes so good, and his ridicule may keep him away from the joys of participation. But his mockery does not overthrow your knowledge that has come to you through a definite experience in the tasting. And so it is with the one who has tasted of the realities of the Lord’s great plan of salvation. He knows that the Lord is good; he knows that the Lord saves him; he knows things that he can not describe any more than he can describe the taste of that delicious and delightsome fruit. The only thing he can do is to present the beautiful entreaty of the psalmist, “O taste and see that the Lord is good.”