Taste & See.

Three things are guaranteed in life: death, taxes, and my son Moses is ready to eat.

Seriously. I don’t think he’s ever denied a spoonful, handful, or bottle-full of food.

Like, ever.

We usually have to make a judgment call on when to stop feeding him each sitting because he’ll just keep on going.

Even if he’s not hungry, he’s willing to be fed.

Even if it’s something that’s hard to stomach, he’s open to receive it again and again.

(See video below for a good laugh)

Why? Because he trusts me. I’m his dad.

He knows I’m not trying to harm him and he trusts that if it’s being given from my hand, then it is worthy of being received.

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Oh, how much I learn from this boy.

It’s hard for me to sit down and be fed by my Father.

I feel like I’m wasting time sitting there receiving nutrients when I could be doing something I believe is more productive.

God will place me in my seat, which always reminds me that it’s time to eat, but I often don’t feel like it.

So I’ll sit there and look around at everything I could be doing, restlessly searching for something more productive, more comfortable, or more to my liking.

The sad, shameful thing is that Dad is right there, in my presence, trying to feed me, and yet I am looking for something I deem more beneficial.

More worthy of my time.

The idiocy in this in incredible.

FOOD IS ESSENTIAL.

No matter how much I exercise, without nourishment I will wither away. So what is so difficult about setting apart time to eat? What is so unappealing about allowing my Father to feed me what I need when I need it?

It makes even less sense for my rebellious actions because every time I eat from His hand I am left completely satisfied.

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Jesus seemed to agree with me on this when He was speaking on the Mount of Beatitudes: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”

And as the psalmist says, “How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth.”

And let’s not forget Moses when he wrote, “[God] humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”

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If you were to write down everything your mind has been fed this past week, what would that food log look like?

If you were to write down everything your mind has been fed this past week, what would that food log look like?

Account for every show, every song, every conversation, and every thought you digested.

If there’s any truth to the old adage “you are what you eat,” then what are you?

With all of the diet fads (or as I like to call them: die and fades) that fill our TV screens, magazines, self-help books, and hearts, we have consumed the same processed cuisine. We have all blindly indulged in sugar-coated false foods because they’re pleasing to the eye and it has inevitably given us the human condition: heart-failure.

Maybe it’s time we try something that has miraculously prospered through the grueling test of time—the faithful fare of the Father.

How to be fed by Dad: (A lesson given by an 8-month old)

1. SIT -Wherever you are, rest. Just be. Then, anticipate the goodness to come.

2. OPEN UP -Your heart. Your mind. Your Bible. Honest prayer is a great palate cleanser.

3. DIGEST -Whatever is on the spoon, even if you’re not hungry. It may be hard to stomach, but just receive what He has for you again and again.

4. “TASTE AND SEE -That the Lord is good!” (Psalm 34:8) It is satisfying. It is sweeter than honey. It is life.

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Dad, help me to trust Your sustaining hand as You feed me the delicacy that has relentlessly proven to be truly refreshing. Your Word grows life in our deserted hearts and saturates our scorched souls. Please, give us this day our daily bread.