Knowing God - Feed, Feed, Feed

Psalm 37:3

                                                                     

 Trust in the Lord, and do good;

Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

NKJV

Feed on His faithfulness – this is an interesting command.  This means that God’s ability to take care of us and be absolutely consistent in His concern towards us is something we can actually taste and be nourished by.  Feeding has to do with taking something in.  It is not looking and admiring something.  It is consuming it and enjoying it.  It is chewing, swallowing and digesting it.  Many times we chew on the unfaithfulness of others or even ourselves.  We analyze, surmise and criticize.  We become the restaurant reviewers of people and their ways.  Here we are instructed to pass those dainties by at the buffet of experiences and rather serve ourselves heaping portions of God’s faithfulness and character.  Are you so well acquainted with the offenses and failings of others or yourself that the very texture, taste and after effects still linger in your being?

Throw it up if you have to.  Confess this to the Lord and start today taking bites and chewing on all God has done for you to prove His faithfulness.   Start at the finished work of Christ and move on from there.  God’s very name is Faithful and True.  Bon Appetit!