Tastes!

There are some foods that when they are tasted, some people are immediately ready to dive in and gorge themselves. These foods taste SO GOOD they just can't seem to get enough. Then there are times when one might taste a food that just does not delight the taste buds at all.

An interesting thing about taste is that it can change. Foods that at one time did not seem good may at some point be found to be delicious. Even foods that might have almost made one gag at one point in time might be thoroughly enjoyed at some other point in life. Clam chowder was such a food for me. When my mother realized I just could not stand it, she let me have potato soup (she held out the clams) while the rest of the family had the chowder. However, several years ago my wife talked me into tasting some clam chowder at a restaurant and ever since, if chowder is a menu option it is what I will delightfully order.

Food tastes, clothing tastes, tastes of music, etc. -- may be seen as transitory. Some things have the capacity to grow on us and we begin to appreciate and greatly desire them even though that may not have always been the perspective. Perhaps, because we have found the Lord Jesus to be SO GOOD, we wonder why others aren't as eagerly drawn to partake of the relationship as well.

In Peter's first letter we read. . .
"(1) So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. (2) Like newborn infants, LONG FOR THE PURE SPIRITUAL MILK, that by it you may grow up into salvation -- (3) IF INDEED YOU HAVE TASTED THAT THE LORD IS GOOD." ( 1 Peter 2:1-3 ESV)

We must understand how some "tastes" need to be left behind. There are better things to set our craving on. Having "tasted that the LORD IS GOOD", is He and all that relates to Him continuing to be the taste of which we just can't get enough? As we enjoy our life in the Lord, may we do so in a manner that the appetite of others might be encouraged to take a taste and begin to develop a liking for HIS GOODNESS as well. Some may appear to be spiritually "lactose" intolerant. They refuse to even accept one little taste of the "pure spiritual milk" of the truth of the Gospel that brings salvation. It may take them a while to realize HOW GOOD He is, but let us continue to encourage others toward that acceptance. If those around us see how much we are enjoying Jesus and the great spiritual health that is ours because of Him, they may at some point give in to learning to develop a taste for HIS GOODNESS as well.

Have a great day KEEPING THE CRAVING FOR CHRIST!
Carl

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