Knowledge about God is multiplied through reflections of philosophers and theologians, who arrive at theories and doctrines through scholarly expertise that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. However, these theories and doctrines fail to produce faith and fervor in believers and ministries. Today’s verse by a humble shepherd boy who became the ruler of Israel, King David, calls for a new dimension  - tasting the goodness of the Lord. Tasting the goodness first-hand only keeps the believer anchored in Christ the Savior and enables him to enjoy the authority that will support his Christian life and mission. Introduced by his brother Andrew, an ordinary fisherman Peter, who gave up everything and received the great command to be an ambassador of Christ, shouted, "it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard." (Acts 4:20) Such will be and should be the result of tasting the goodness of the Lord first-hand. Schooled by Gamaliel the great scholar, Saul, ignorant of the true and living God, encountered and heard the tasty, loving Word of the Risen Lord on his way to Damascus and became Paul, "For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better." (Phil 1:21) Let's yearn for tasting the goodness of God sincerely as David himself recorded in Psalm 42:1, "As the deer panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."

Abba, increase the desire to taste your goodness all my life. Let your Spirit help me burn with zeal. Amen.