Taste and See
This song comes from seeing that there is too much wrong in the world ...
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We’ve all been wronged, our hearts beating the childhood words “that’s not fair” … they ring out and find no resting place; drowned in piles of paperwork and indifference and adding to the rising mountain of unavenged injustice. With all the inequality and suffering in the world, you would not be the first to ask God … why?
I have muttered the “not fair’s” to the clouds more than once. I remember being furious at seeing alcohol ‘take it’s toll’ on my mom. Another relapse! … later still scribbling “not fair” on paper cups waiting to identify her body after a series of “this should never have happened's.”
Only when I was confronted by something Jesus said, did I realize that God actually cared about the wrongs in this world and longs to make them right. “Blessed are they” Jesus said, “who hunger and thirst for what is right, for they will be filled.” I realized that everything will be made right one day … there is no wrong that escapes our good God’s eyes as he looks down on the hearts of men.
It was as I felt God look down on my own heart, that I remember being struck to the point of tears at seeing how much was wrong with me … my thoughts, motives, the things I had done and things I had failed to do … those tears were the largest I have cried, seeing them land at the feet of Jesus, who was offering me forgiveness, water, life.
Up until that day I could always compare myself with others and say that I was a decent and good guy. Even do a charitable work which made me feel like a really good guy … but seeing things from a good God’s point of view, was when I began to thirst for a life that was right. Right in God’s eyes and not just my own.
“If anyone thirsts” Jesus said, “let him come to me and drink”. His words carried the promise and weight of God Himself. Jesus will satisfy the longing soul. For any who are thirsty. Come, Drink!
Some verses that inspired the song:
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Matt 5:6
"Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.” Isaiah 55:1-2
Further Reading:
John 7:37-39 | Exodus 17:1-6 | Psalm 34:8 | Psalm 78:14-18 | Isaiah 58: 9 - 11 | 1Peter 3:12
