Challenge139 — Day 37

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Today’s Scripture — Psalm 34:8 KJV

“O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” — Psalm 34:8, KJV

Devotional Reflection — You Have to Taste It for Yourself

Sis, Psalm 34:8 gives us an invitation: “O taste and see that the LORD is good.” David doesn’t simply tell us that God is good. He invites us to experience His goodness for ourselves. There are some things people can tell you about God, but there are other things you will only truly understand after you have walked with Him.

Someone can tell you that God is a provider, but it becomes different when you have watched Him make a way when you couldn’t see one. Someone can tell you that God is a comforter, but you understand it differently when you’ve cried tears nobody else saw and somehow found strength to keep going. Someone can tell you that God will give you peace, but then you experience a storm that should have broken you—and discover a peace you can’t explain.

That’s what it means to taste and see.

Sis, somebody else’s testimony can encourage you, but it cannot replace your own relationship with God. Your mother’s faith can’t substitute for yours. Your pastor’s relationship with God can’t become yours. Your friend’s testimony can inspire you, but eventually you have to experience God for yourself.

And notice that the verse connects experiencing God’s goodness with trusting Him. Sometimes we want God to prove everything before we trust Him, but faith often requires us to trust while we’re still waiting to see how things will turn out. Every time you trust God and experience His faithfulness, you learn a little more about His character.

Maybe today you are in a season where God’s goodness isn’t immediately obvious. Don’t confuse a difficult season with an absent God. Keep walking with Him. Keep talking to Him. Keep looking for Him. Some of the greatest discoveries about God’s goodness happen in places we never would have chosen to go.

Today, don’t just take somebody else’s word for it.

Taste. See. Trust. Experience God for yourself.

Journal Prompt — Where Have I Tasted His Goodness?

Think about your own life—not someone else’s testimony.

Write about three moments when you personally experienced the goodness of God. Maybe He provided, protected, comforted, redirected, healed a relationship, opened a door, closed one you later realized needed closing, or simply gave you strength when you thought you had none left.

Then answer:

“What did that experience teach me about who God is?”

When you’re finished, write:

“God, I’ve seen Your goodness before. Help me trust Your goodness again.”

Today’s Challenge — Taste & See

Challenge139 — Day 37: Look for His Goodness

Today, intentionally look for God’s goodness in the ordinary moments of your day.

Throughout the day, pause whenever you recognize something good and simply say:

“Thank You, God. I see You.”

It could be your morning coffee, a beautiful sunrise, laughter with someone you love, an unexpected phone call, food on your table, strength in your body, a prayer answered, a moment of peace, or simply another day of life.

Tonight, write down at least three places where you experienced God’s goodness today.

Don’t wait for something extraordinary before you recognize Him.

Sometimes the greatest evidence of God’s goodness is hidden inside what we’ve started calling ordinary.

Today’s Prayer

Father, thank You for inviting me to experience You for myself. I don’t want my relationship with You to be built only on what other people have told me. I want to know Your goodness personally. Open my eyes today to recognize Your hand in the ordinary moments of my life. When circumstances make it difficult to see Your goodness, help me remember the times You have already been faithful. Teach me to trust You even when I don’t know what comes next. I have tasted Your goodness before, Lord, and I believe I will see it again. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Sis, Remember This…

You don’t have to live off somebody else’s testimony about how good God is.

Taste and see for yourself.

Look back at where He’s brought you from. Look around at what He’s doing right now. And trust Him with what you haven’t seen yet.

Sis, God has been good—and sometimes you just have to slow down long enough to notice.