Taste and see...

“Taste and see that the Lord is good;

blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”

Psalm 34:8

We spoke previously about receiving all that God has for us as believers.

Consider these words from the message last Sunday at His Place:

“Refusing to receive makes it all about you.

Humbling yourself, submitting to Him by choosing to receive all He made available to you through grace, makes it all about Him.”

Have you ever taken the time to carefully choose a gift for a loved one or close friend only to have them open the gift and respond in a less than enthusiastic way?

My mother-in-law (well into her nineties) refused, for a very long time, to use a wheelchair to get around. Her pride kept her from going places the wheel chair would have made possible.

The chair and those to push it were available but she refused it.

Until one day...

...we took her for a drive to the park at Lake Ontario not far from her home.

Unbeknownst to her, the wheelchair was in the back of our vehicle.

When she realized what a wonderful day it was and saw all the people walking on the pier and the boardwalk she understood what the wheelchair made available to her.  

From that day on, anytime we took her out it was she who asked,

“Do you have my wheelchair?”

When she had finally realized all that was available that she had been missing out on she accepted what was offered.

We too live below the available resources of heaven.

God has so much that pride keeps us from receiving.

Humble yourself, honor Him and accept the gifts of grace made available to all of His children.

Taste and see...