Hello, this is Johnny Art of Annas, and this is Dialin.

In this episode, I'll be looking at the second half of Psalm 34.

In the previous episode, we examined the theme of God's goodness,

and the psalmist, David, tells us to taste and see that the Lord is good.

In this episode, we'll look at the aftermath of those who have experienced the goodness of God.

Let's dial on.

In our previous episode, we looked at the theme of God's goodness. David says to taste and see

that God is good. This is worth drawing our attention towards because David doesn't

merely tell us to confess and doctrinally affirm that God is good. He tells us to taste

and see. One of the things that we examined in our previous episode is that we often swing from

an environment that maybe values experience at the expense of truth

to swing into the other side of the pendulum and denying the reality that truth in the life

of a Christian is experiential.

There is, as Paul says, a knowledge that surpasses knowledge.

And this is Paul's prayer for the Ephesian

Church, that the eyes of their heart may be enlightened so that they would be drawn into greater

communion with God. We looked at that to taste the goodness of God is to, in one sense, be admitted

into his presence. When you go to the doctor and they tell you in the office,

the doctor will see you now. It's not just that you're going to lay your eyes on the doctor,

it's that you'll be admitted into his presence. You can affirm God's omnipresence and not be

thrilled by it. The difference is seeing God. So we looked at, to see God means to be admitted into his

presence. And secondly, we looked at last week that it means to apprehend his awesomeness and his

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