And now you have a call: "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusts in Him" (Psalm 34:8). The Hebrew word for man here is very striking. It is the mighty man. It is not the word expressing a poor weak man. No, it is a mighty man. And what is the secret of his might? He trusts in God. He has all his springs in God.

You will find there are three things here. There is fearing the Lord, trusting the Lord, and seeking the Lord. In the 8th verse it is, "Blessed is the man that trusts in Him." In the 9th verse, "There is no want to them that fear Him." And in the 10th verse, "They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing."

This is a moral set of holy principles that keep the heart always blessedly in touch with God. The soul, exhorted to taste what the goodness of the Lord is, will taste it if these principles are active.

In contrast with this, the psalmist says, "The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing" (Psalm 34:10). The Lord is the One who meets the soul in every possible circumstance. He uses the lions as an illustration because the lion is the master of creation. "A lion is strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any" (Proverbs 30:30). In spite of that, even they might hunger; but "they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing."

Now there is a little difficulty perhaps with some as to this. You say, I have sought a good many things, but I did not get them. It does not say in our psalm that they sought the things. It says they sought the Lord. We all would like many things which we regard as good for us. But, by and by, we shall be thankful that we did not have them.

It has been the curse of his life to many a saint that he obtained what he longed for at sometime. The coveted thing was not good; but his determination laid hold of it. "No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly" (Psalm 84:12). Lay hold of that, dear friend, and if something you have desired is withheld, be sure it was not good for you. If you accept this, your heart will say to Him, "Blessed be Your name, I am sure it was not good for me, Lord."

There is great sweetness in this: "They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing." It is the general principle of the way in which the Lord deals with us. The soul is conscious of the light of His presence. You have the sense that the Lord saves you, and that the angel of the Lord is round about you. Then you have this conviction: I am looking to Him, I am counting on Him. If you do not get what you wanted, after a little you will certainly say, "O Lord, what a good thing it was that You did not let me have it."