Though God's ways are not always our ways and though his thoughts are not always

rarely our thoughts nevertheless they are are not always

always, rarely our thoughts. Nevertheless, they are always wise and always

merciful.

What happens when we begin to see God for who he is in the midst of our suffering?

In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper turns to Job 42 verses 7 through 17

to help us taste and see that the Lord is good. This sermon was originally preached at Bethlehem Baptist

Church on August 4th 1985. There are 5.

There are eyes in the tongue of the soul. Tast and see that the Lord is good.

Five seconds of honey on the tongue

will teach you more of sweetness than 10 hours of lecture about the scientific

distinction between sweetness and sourness.

Taste and see that the Lord is sourness.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Until God gives you a taste in your soul of his goodness, you can read and listen and study and never be changed.

When Elahue was finished speaking the truth to Job, Job didn't say anything.

Only when God finished, did Job say something and what he said was,

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the

theology was a little helpful, until God Almighty came and addressed himself to the heart of

Job. It was all a rumor.

Joe tasted God when he saw God. He's a changed man now. He's a broken man. It has taken him months to get him there, and we will see what a glorious thing God has done in his strange way. He is a broken and a changed man. In verses 1 through 6 of chapter 42, we see the evidence of this, as God brings Job to the point of confessing indeed

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