Monday, April 16, 2018

A Study of Psalm Thirty Four
Verse Eight

8 Taste ye and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Brethren:
Gracious, such a beautiful word. Defined it means abounding in grace or mercy. And how it so helps to define the nature of our Creator. Merciful, and filled with grace.

Now, the man who seeks God, and places all trust and assurance in Him, is therefore blessed by the mercies of Providence. Friends, henceforth, let us seek or as has been written above, "taste" Him daily. In prayer, in the study of his word, and in fellowship with one another.
R.P. Woitowitz Sr.

Consider it seriously, and thoroughly, and affectionately and make trial of it by your own and others’ experiences. This is opposed to those slight and vanishing thoughts which men have of it.” - Matthew Poole

The goodness of God includes both the beauty and amiableness of his being and the bounty and beneficence of his providence and grace; and accordingly.

We must taste that he is a bountiful benefactor, relish the goodness of God in all his gifts to us, and reckon that the savour and sweetness of them. Let God’s goodness be rolled under the tongue as a sweet morsel.

We must see that he is a beautiful being, and delight in the contemplation of his infinite perfections. By taste and sight we both make discoveries and take complacency. Taste and see God’s goodness, that is, take notice of it and take the comfort of it, (See 1 Peter2:3 ).

He is good, for he makes all those that trust in him truly blessed; let us therefore be so convinced of his goodness as thereby to be encouraged in the worst of times to trust in him.

He would have us join with him in a resolution to seek God and serve him, and continue in his fear” - Matthew Henry

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