IF Ye Have Tasted

1 Peter 2:3: "if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good."

Oh, conviction..... Thank you, Jesus, for Your Word, for fellowship with You, Your life and joy giving sacrifice, and Thank You, Lord, that You have given me the fortune of like minded friends, so that "by testing, I may discern what is the will of God." Lord Jesus, allow us to drink more deeply of You! Allow us to "taste that the Lord is good."

IF we have tasted that the Lord is good, then we engage in the practice of self-abandonment, a practice commended by God. Our source of joy is no longer crap and filth of this world. John Piper reminded me last night ("Heat and Light") of something he learned from a book written by C.S. Lewis et al, "Quest for Joy." Self abandonment is not the act of renouncing pursuit of pleasure, but the act of abandoning the pursuit of lesser pleasures in favor of the life-giving, all-satisfying joy that comes from fellowship and friendship in Jesus Christ, in whom the fullness of Deity dwells, and to whom we have access to fullness.

Let yesterday's post tie into this one. 1 Peter 2:3 says [we may grow into salvation] IF we have tasted that the Lord is good. Wrestle with this! Let's beg him together for a taste of the joy that He alone provides!

Here is verse 2 of "Jesus, My Only Hope," a Sovereign Grace worship song.

I will not fear Your judgment
for me no wrath I dread
for it was spent on Jesus
poured out upon His head.
When Satan's accusations
make my poor heart afraid
I hear my King declaring
"Father, that debt is paid!"

FEAST ON THAT!