Worshipping God with our senses 5 - Taste

Regent Hall SA

This week I conclude our series considering worshipping God with our senses by speaking about the sense of taste. What does the Bible teach about taste and how we worship God? Certainly, you might think of the stories of the children of Israel and how they ate manna in the desert – the manna that came directly from God. Here was divine provision of sustenance. Then we remember how Jesus changed water into wine. Here was a Kingdom story, again of provision, that reminds his followers of the new spirit and life that would be available through his eventual death and resurrection. Note the symbolism of the manna / bread and the wine here. But what about you and me today? How consciously do we go deeper in our understanding and appreciation of Christ’s work for us, when we physically participate in tasting food? We look forward to exploring this question further together in worship and truth. Psalm 119 says: “How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! From Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.” May God bless and inform our understanding by His Word today! Major Richard Mingay