Do you remember when you were sure you would not like a food item? The mind is a powerful thing. But did you ever try something objectively and find out, “This is really delicious!” In our distraction, we may have notions about God, life, and how we think life should be. If we are not careful, our imagination and desires become judges of truth and good. This leads us to despair when things do not pan out the way we want. At the root of our problem is that we do not really know what is good. Yet our desire for satisfaction hints at a means of satisfaction. We keep looking for it in the wrong places.
Enter David’s invitation: “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!” (Psalm 34:8). He is not sometimes good, He is good. He defines good. David later states: “…those who seek the Lord lack no good thing” (v10). Think about this amazing truth – if you are seeking God, all the good that you need is what you have. Do you know what you have? It may be time to revisit the grace lavished on us in Christ as listed in passages like Ephesians 1-3. Let these truths saturate your mind so that they form your affections and attitudes.
“But” you ask, “what about right now? I need a job” or “My family is falling apart!” God knows and He will provide in His perfect time in His good purpose for your good and for His glory. You are not defined by your current situation. “Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16). All you have in God and in Christ is yours right now. The question is, are you seeking Him? “Those who fear Him have no lack!” (Psalm 34:9).
Jen Oshman writes, “The counterintuitive truth about happiness is that it’s a byproduct of laying ourselves down. When we serve, when we sacrifice, when we surrender, that’s when we find true happiness. Why does happiness feel so out of reach? Because we’re looking for it in the wrong places. Let’s seek first Jesus’s kingdom. He’s our Maker and Savior and stands ready to offer us true and eternal happiness in him, which cannot be shaken or taken.” The perfect newness, healing, completeness that ultimately awaits us is already ours!
That is what we groan for. It is alright to groan. Let that groaning compel you to taste and see that the Lord is good. The Scriptures promise that you will lack no good thing because all the good that you need you already have.
1 Pinpointing Why So Many of Us Claim to Be “Not Very Happy” https://www.crossway.org/articles, Accessed 6/29/2026
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