1Pet 2:2 As newborn babes, long for the guileless milk of the word in order that by it you may grow unto salvation, 3 If you have tasted that the Lord is good. Psa 34:8 Taste and see that Jehovah is good; Blessed is the man who take refuge in Him.
[Part 1 of 2] In verse 3 Peter continues, “If you have tasted that the Lord is good.” The Lord can be tasted, and His taste is pleasant and good. If we have tasted Him, we shall long for the nourishing milk in His word. The Greek word rendered “good” in this verse also means pleasant, kind. Peter was certain that the ones to whom he was writing had been regenerated. But he was not sure that they had tasted the Lord.
For this reason he says, “If you have tasted that the Lord is good.” It was certain that the believers were newborn babes, but as verse 3 indicates, some of them may not have tasted that the Lord is good. Today millions of believers have truly been regenerated, but a great many have never tasted that the Lord is good. The tasting of the Lord is not in outward miracles. Rather, it is in the inward nourishment of life.
No matter what kind of environment we may be in or what kind of circumstances we may have, we are sustained by the Lord. We can say with Paul, “I can do all things in Him who empowers me” (Phil. 4:13). We can stand the test of both riches and poverty, of both pleasant circumstances and difficult, because we do not care for the outward situation but for the inward nourishment. This inward nourishment is the genuine tasting of the Lord. In these verses Peter indicates that if we have tasted that the Lord is good, we shall surely long for the milk in the word. (Continued tomorrow)
Prayer Confession Loving Father thank you for this word. I taste of your goodness in my life which sustains me daily and from which I draw the strength to do all things in Christ. Lord, I stand any test that comes my way because of the inward nourishment of life from your word which keeps my feet not to stumble on a stone for it is a lamp unto my feet in Jesus’ name, Amen.