Psalm 23:5
You prepare a table before me ...
Psalm 119:103
How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalm 19:9, 10
The fear of The LORD is clean, enduring for ever: The judgments of The LORD are true and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
While the taste of The Word of God is sweet to the tongue, once digested it does not always remain so, as Ezekiel found out in Ezekiel 3; as John discovered in Revelation 10:9, 10. The Word is sweet in the mouth, bitter in the stomach. But it is strength to the soul who receives It. At both times it was a time of preparation to bring a righteous Word from God to anyone who would listen and take hold of It for themselves.
If The Word of God which we hear and read aloud for ourselves is not going any farther than our own mouths, what effect is it actually having on our lives/lifestyles? Are we changing into a holy people preparing to meet a holy God and live? Though The Spirit brings a life-changing holiness into our lives, shouldn't we actually taste and see that The Lord is Good first?
Let's have some discussion on this, please. I encourage you to interact with me in my studies.
The classic hymn Come And Dine has been playing in my mind for several weeks now. It is the primary song I hear in my thoughts while I study and pray over The Word I have been given to bring forth. What song comes to mind as you read and study your Bible today?
COME AND DINE
- Jesus has a table spread
Where the saints of God are fed,
He invites His chosen people, “Come and dine”;
With His manna He doth feed
And supplies our every need:
Oh, ’tis sweet to sup with Jesus all the time!- Refrain:
“Come and dine,” the Master calleth, “Come and dine”;
You may feast at Jesus’ table all the time;
He Who fed the multitude, turned the water into wine,
To the hungry calleth now, “Come and dine.”
- Refrain:
- The disciples came to land,
Thus obeying Christ’s command,
For the Master called unto them, “Come and dine”;
There they found their heart’s desire,
Bread and fish upon the fire;
Thus He satisfies the hungry every time. - Soon the Lamb will take His bride
To be ever at His side,
All the host of heaven will assembled be;
Oh, ’twill be a glorious sight,
All the saints in spotless white;
And with Jesus they will feast eternally.
HONEY IN THE ROCK - Brooke Ligertwood
