The Spiritual Senses

Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. The Spiritual Senses O taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Psalm thirty-four eight. Frequently, Scripture uses our five physical senses in a figurative way to help us comprehend our interaction with God's spiritual presence and power.

We can see, for example, with spiritual eyes. Paul prayed thus for the believer, The eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. Similarly, we are privileged to hear the voice of the Lord with spiritual ears. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. A stranger will they not follow, for they know not the voice of strangers.

The sense of touch is the sense of feeling, and God can both touch and be touched. We read, for example, a band of men whose hearts God had touched. Of Jesus Christ, it is said that he is not a remote deity, which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Even people who never knew him can perhaps feel after him and find him if they truly desire his great salvation. we can even become unto God a sweet savour of Christ.

To the world the faithful Christian life and testimony can either be the savor of death unto death, to those who refuse it, or the savor of life unto life. Finally, we are exhorted actually to taste the Lord and see that He is good. His word will be, according to our needs, either sincere milk, strong meat, or sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Psalm 19, 10. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

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