Take A Bite...

Take A Bite

A man argued the possibility of Jesus’ resurrection. He contended with everyone that cared. One day he brought his argument to a professor. While he was busy making his point, the professor was busy eating an apple. 

The man had finished presenting his point and the professor continued eating his apple. The man waited on the professor to make his point, but he did not, all the professor did was continue eating his apple. When he was done with the apple, the professor now turned to the man and asked him, “This apple I just ate, can you tell me if it was sweet or sour?” the man could not answer, all he said was that I did not eat the apple so I cannot say how the taste is.

Many people are like this man arguing baselessly on issues about which they have little or no information. All they based their argument on are hearsay.  Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see--how good GOD is. Blessed are you who run to him. Psalm 34:8. Many have never tasted God in the first place to know how good He is. All they do is stand aside and observe without actually tasting what or who God really is.

To taste or actually know whom God really is takes a little more than just thinking it or saying it. When we want to taste God, we have an active role in the transformation process. We should make every effort to avoid exposure to evil influences, study the Bible, because a mind that meditates on God’s transforming truth is not easily swayed by humanistic arguments and worldly ways of thinking. Another thing to avoid is having a high opinion of one’s self.

We are to make certain sacrifices. We cannot make a sacrifice without giving up something. Sacrifice does require surrender, but it can also bring rewards. For instance, you may have sacrificed sleep to care for a new born. Perhaps you sacrificed financially to get through college or to buy your first home. People willingly make sacrifices when they love someone or have an important gaol in sight. This should be the attitude of anyone who earnestly needs to taste and have first-hand experience of whom God is.

One cannot and should never boast that he or she has attained perfection. Even Paul never portrayed himself as the ideal Christian perfection. We should see our quest to taste God as dynamic, ever growing journey. We can always draw closer to God, gain a deeper understanding of His word, experience a greater measure of the spirit’s transforming power and become more like Jesus. We should never stop hungering for the spiritual growth. We must surrender ourselves completely to Christ and daily invite Him to renew our minds.