Meditating on: "Taste and See"

Psalm 34:8

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!

Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see—
how good God is.

Blessed are you who run to him. (Message)

One way to taste the words of God is through meditation - David says in Ps. 119:97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

Also: How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Ps. 119:103.

Meditation is not always silent thought. One of the ways to think about meditation is to imagine “chewing over” the Words of God in your mouth.  Think about the Word, speak it out and “taste” it.

Psa. 77:12        I will also meditate (1897) on all Your work, And talk (7878) of Your deeds._

Psa. 119:15      I will meditate (7878) on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways.

Psa. 119:27     Make me understand the way of Your precepts; So shall I meditate (7878) on Your wonderful works.

Psa. 119:48     My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate (7878) on Your statutes.

Psa. 119:78       But I will meditate (7878) on Your precepts.

Psa. 119:97       Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation (7878) all the day.

Psa. 119:99      I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. (7878)

Psa. 119:148    My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate (7878) on Your word.

Psa. 143:5        I remember the days of old; I meditate (1897) on all Your works; I muse on the work of Your hands.

Hebrew words (Strong’s Numbers):

1897. hagah, daw-gaw´; to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder:—imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, speak, study, talk, utter.

7742. suwach, soo´-akh; to muse pensively:—meditate.

7878. siyach, see´-akh; to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter:—commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with), sing.

Take note of those words using the word siyach! This word means "to sing!!" We can sing our meditations

Phil. 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.  (logizomai – logic - to take into account, to make an account of, to reckon inward, count up or weigh the reasons, to deliberate, by reckoning up all the reasons, to consider, take into account, weigh)

1Tim. 4:15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.

Greek words (Strong’s Numbers):

3191. meleta, meletao, mel-et-ah´-o; from a presumed derivative of 3199; to take care of, i.e. (by implication) revolve in the mind: — imagine, (pre-)meditate.

4304. promeleta, promeletao, prom-el-et-ah´-o; from 4253 and 3191; to premeditate: — meditate before.