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Psalm 34:8
reads (in the New World Translation), “Taste and see that Jehovah is good.” (Other versions here.)
How do we “taste”
God (and by extension, his “Word”)? Is it occasionally praying to God or reading
the Bible? No. Is it memorization of scriptures or resorting to severe austerity
or torturing our bodies? No. Is it being a believer? Well, that is important,
but believing in something doesn't always mean we are acting in accord with
that belief.
So how is
it that we "taste" Jehovah? Jesus, being our exemplar,
said that his food was doing the work that his Father gave
him and seeing it to completion. (John 4:34) So Jesus
did not merely “taste” God and his Word, but he ate it by being thoroughly
involved in loyally fulfilling his assignment. Yes, service to God goes beyond merely believing in
him. It also goes beyond merely believing in and adhering to the moral and
ethical principles taught in the Bible. It includes loving
(in all sincerity) our fellow man as ourselves AND fulfilling our obligation as
Christians.
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