Taste and SEE

I really liked this story that I found on the internet - it really does speak to a personal experience with God.

 Have You Tasted My Jesus?

At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what is called "Baptist Day." It is a day when all the Baptists in the area are invited to the school because they want the Baptist dollars to keep coming in. On this day, each one is to bring a sack lunch to be eaten outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every "Baptist Day" the school would invite one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center.

One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr. Tillich spoke for two and one-half hours proving that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He quoted scholar after scholar and book after book. He concluded that since there was no such thing as the historical resurrection the religious tradition of the church was groundless, emotional mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a relationship with a risen Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead in any literal sense. He then asked if there were any questions.

After about 30 seconds, an old, dark skinned preacher with a head of short-cropped, woolly white hair stood up in the back of the auditorium.

     "Docta Tillich, I got one question," he said as all eyes turned toward him. He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and began eating it. "Docta Tillich ..." CRUNCH, MUNCH ... "My question is a simple question, "CRUNCH, CUNCH ..."Now I ain't never read them books you read ... "CRUNCH, MUNCH ... "and I can't recite the Scriptures in the original Greek ... " CRUNCH, MUNCH ... "I don't know nothin' about Niebuhr and Heidegger ..."CRUNCH, MUNCH . He finished the apple. "All I wanna know is: This apple

I just ate, was it bitter or sweet?"

 Dr. Tillich paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion: "I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted your apple."

The white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into his crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr. Tillich and said calmly, "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."
The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves. The auditorium erupted with applause and cheers. Dr. Tillich thanked his audience and promptly left the platform.

(Source unknown)

Psalms 34:8 says - "O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!"

I simply want to ask you all a couple of questions.

For those who have not tasted, who have never experienced Jesus coming into your life - today look at your life - and if you say - "I can't remember a time when I ever experienced Jesus coming into my life."

Then today - you need to "taste and see that the Lord is good." His love and forgiveness are sweet not bitter and HE wants you to experience His grace and mercy.

For all you Believers out there. some of you might say -

"I can't remember the last time I felt, or experienced the Holy Spirit's presence or God working in my life."  When was the last time you were "wowed" by God, when was the last time you experienced God working in your life. you see - if you haven't experienced God in your life for awhile then you need to check your heart. Yes, I know life can deal you some pretty bad situations -

But when you can truly experience Jesus changing you, when you can taste and KNOW that His love is sweet, you will find that life takes on new flavor, new meaning and purpose. When you can experience God's Spirit working in your life you will understand what it means to have "living waters" refreshing and renewing everyday!

It is only a prayer away - what are you waiting for?