Taste and See

I realized that this year was my 18th second birthday!  I feel like we should celebrate second birthdays more than we do. The moment that I think about how God and I have been walking together for 18years!!! That's just blows my mind! And it makes me think through all those special moments we have shared together. I have tasted and seen the Lord; and my friend, HE IS GOOD. It doesn't mean I have arrived, that I have completely comprehended him. Nothing could be farther from the truth. No, it just causes me to long for him more.

When I was younger we did family devotions in the morning. As most kids, there were mornings it was hard to sit still and listen to a proverb being read. I remember dad talking about Matthew 5 and how we needed to "hunger" after God. He explained it by comparing it to the way the boys loved cereal. He said, "Just like you always want another bowl of cereal you should want more of God's word!" Often after that, dad would hear one of us kids say, "give us another bowl dad." When he had finished reading for that day.

I think the more you know Jesus, I mean really KNOW him, the more you want to know him. It's like a potato chip. I know, that's a weird analogy! But think about it!! "You can't have just one." And let's be honest, one moment, one day, one year with the Lord? No way!! Once you have tasted what it's like to be intimately known and know the Lord how can you ever be satisfied until you are in glory with Him FOREVER? I've had a taste of what's it's like to live with the Lord...and let me tell you, it is worth every moment.

The more you know him the less you stress. I know it's kinda weird.... However, one of my coworkers and I were talking the other day about how the older we get in our faith the less we seem to worry or stress over situations. I've thought about that often since then. I honestly think it's because we have seen the Lord work. The world doesn't understand but after walking with God, we have evidence that he works, he heals, he comforts, he provides. God is in control. Relax people! God's got this! Sure, we aren't perfect. There are times we still stress, worry, panic, try and take things into our own control and completely mess it up. But when that terminal illness appears, when love of your life turns out not to be the love of your life, when finances are tight, when life falls apart, we still stand. That's one of the coolest thing about being believer is how everything around us can be a huge battlefield rife with death, pain and scars. Yet, we stand, unharmed. The difference between those who have been walking with him longer is that they have a fiercer battle faces. You know that scene in the movies where the battle is raging in slow motion all around the hero and the hero just stands and calmly walks through it all. The new believer looks a little timid, astonished at the fact that they are unharmed. The older Christian has been through this before. They grit their teeth, pick up the sword and make the most of the moment. Guys, I have seen the Lord work and it's incredible, indescribable, absolutely amazing! 

I have tasted and seen the Lord and HE IS GOOD!