Taste and see how good the Lord is. Psalm 34’s promise isn’t a one-time event. God invites us to “taste” and “see” something new of his love every minute of every day. I consider this mind-blowing. It is helpful to recall and remember times God has been good to me and I believe there will be many more times, but daily as I go about my day, I don’t expect to be “seeing” the goodness of the Lord again each hour. Yet maybe the psalmist is suggesting that God constantly wants to be re-wrapping us in his goodness. Psalm 34 also declares that “the Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him.” The word “encamp” has a sense of permanence, a feeling that the Angel will not leave us, will not give up the battle to let us taste and see Good.
