The Sweetest Taste

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

THE SWEETEST TASTE

Prov 16:24

24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

NIV

Solomon might have learned this truth from his father David as he wrote a few songs that included words about how the ordinances of God sure and altogether righteous, they are more precious than gold, much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, then honey from the comb. He also wrote, how sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. So it may well have been these songs of his father which instilled within his soul the thirst for the sweet words of God. There is no doubt that words from God are the sweetest words a man will ever hear. Life for us mortal beings has a beginning and an end, birth and death are a part of every life. During those between years we all have choices to make. One of those is to live alone without God or to live together with him. Those who choose to live without God live without the sweetness in their soul and do not experience a healing in their bones; they live an empty life void of hearing those pleasant words of God, “You are sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ”. They never hear those sweetest words of God, “Whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”. What better healing to our bones then to be transformed from mortal to immortal, from corruptible to incorruptible. The words of God bring us life and life everlasting, how sweet is that? God’s word brings us forgiveness of sin; it sets us right with him. Even in our imperfect state in which we cannot escape sin, God’s word still brings forgiveness because we are in Christ, his blood covers our sin, atones for it. Yes we should make every effort to remain free of sin, but the fact remains we cannot, and so those sweet words of God assure us of his grace, his mercy, and his continued love for us. To live with God is the sweetest taste to our souls.