- Blessed
Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that the Lord is good:
Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
God blesses the man who trusts in him. God promises blessings for the person who puts his trust in the Lord. It is the believer who receives the blessings from God. God calls all believers to taste (test, try) and see (experience for yourself) that theLord is good. All believers know that God is good at least in some degree or they wouldn’t be believers. But believers do not really know by experience that the Lord is really totally good all the time.
Once you have tried it out you will see that it is true: God is good! He is! He really is! He is so good He is great! The man that knows that by experience is truly blessed in all things, in every way, at all times. God is with him, and God is for him.
But how does one taste and see? What kind of test can one put God to? How do you taste the goodness of God? For one thing, just keep your eyes open and observe how God is blessing you on any given day; count your blessings. Happy events may be attributed to God’s goodness rather than to luck or coincidence. A second thing to do is to pray about some specific and difficult issue. Then “Wait,” as God commands and don’t stop looking for the resolution until you see it. See if it is good.
Generally, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” (Deuteronomy 6:16). Just live your life right, He goes on to say; do what is right and good and it will go well with you. However, there is one exception, when God says, “Test me.” He tells us in Malachi 3:10, “Put me to the test, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.” The test instructed here: bring the full tithe into the storehouse. It seems we may test God if He will bless according to the tithe we contribute to Him. The tithe is a bold step to take in tasting and seeing, but it is a real experience for it hits us where we feel it the most, in our pocketbook.
Trusting in the Lord is a blessing and the trusting person is blessed.