Psalm 119:103

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are your words to my taste,

sweeter than honey to my mouth.

This is one among many passages that exemplifies that all of life is directed Heaven-ward. God created this world and its fullness so that we would know and see Him. Our senses exist that we learn who God is and what He is like. Our smell is so that we better recognize the aroma of Christ (Eph. 5:2). We have eyes that we may see that the Lord is good (Ps. 34:8). Our ears were made so that w may hear His voice (Jer. 33:3; John 10:27). We have in our dermis the sense of touch so that we might know the texture of Christ's hand (John 10:28). And we taste that we savor the sweetness of God's word (Pss. 119:103; 34:8).

Left to himself, man has an utter distaste for spiritual things. God is to him not someone to be feared or worshiped but despised and loathed. The words of God mean nothing because to the sinner they are but a nonsense language impossible to be understood. It is an utter transformation that must take place before any of this changes, but oh when it does what a reversal it is! The gibberish becomes life; the wormwood becomes honey. That which could not be seen or tasted is now beheld and savored. The untouchable is now embraced, and joy is found. Oh! taste and see that the LORD is good - His word is like honey.