Taste and See

If you had your choice, which would you rather do? Visualize for a moment that you have just gotten your favorite coffee drink. Would you rather get that coffee to go, or would you rather sit in your favorite part of your home or a favorite spot and drink that coffee? Does your environment play a part in how you enjoy your coffee?

To most of us, I think we would say that our environment plays a huge part in how much we enjoy something. Take coffee, for example. I drink a mocha. So for me, when I drink my mocha, I want to savor the taste. I want to hold it in my hands, feel the warmth of the cup in my hands, and I want to enjoy each sip I take. If I can have quiet while I’m drinking it, so much the better. Or, take it to a special spot that I love and enjoy, and to sit with the mocha there is a treat too.

So what is the point? Well…our environment is the point. Where we are, and what we surround ourselves with, is key. We can’t have those moments if our life is going a hundred miles an hour. We can’t experience the peace of the moment if we live in chaos. We certainly won’t be savoring the moment because we will be on to the next thing. It is the same with our relationship with Jesus. If we don’t give Him more than a passing nod in our day, we certainly can’t expect to hear His whisper or prompting, let alone act on it. We can’t even take action on the scripture that says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good!” We are too busy gulping our coffee down as we get on to the next thing we THINK we have to be doing.

I think God leaves it up to us how we will invite Him into our day. He isn’t going to force Himself into your life. He is gracious like that and will wait to be invited. I know personally, the benefit of taking those moments to ask Him in for a cup of coffee or tea with me has changed my life. Invite Him for a sit down at the table of your life to talk. And don’t do all the talking; listen to His side of the conversation. It’s hard to hear Him when we keep ourselves so busy that He can’t get in a Word edgewise. His Word is alive. So read it during your coffee times. Light a candle, turn on a lamp, go to the water, enjoy your coffee and let His message to you sink all the way to your toes…just like that feeling you get when you taste a really good cup of coffee or tea. You close your eyes and say, “Ahhh…so good!” Let us say that about Him!

Lifting my cuppa to you today! This is what God spoke to me this morning, so I’m sharing it with you. He wants to be a daily part of your life. Invite Him in for coffee. He doesn’t even care if you have bed-head. He is just happy to be invited.