The proof of the pudding is in the eating. You can only judge the quality of something after you have tried, used, or experienced it. The goodness of God can be experienced by all who come to put their trust in Him. In this verse of Scripture, David declares: "blessed is the man that trusts in him (the Lord)" and challenges us to confirm the veracity of this statement.

The deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage was with God's mighty hand. Israel however, quickly forgot God's redemptive and preserving power. The Lord spared their lives in the face of the ten terrible plagues that devastated the land of Egypt. They forgot the miracle of crossing the red sea. Pharaoh and his army tried to cross the same sea but all perished by drowning.

Mary Magdalene was the first to discover the empty tomb and she promptly informed Peter and John that the Lord had been taken out of the tomb. When these two disciples ran to the tomb and confirmed that the Lord was not there, they returned to their own home. But Mary stayed back at the tomb weeping, until she eventually saw two angels in the tomb and Jesus standing behind her. Mary's persistence paid off in the end.

The Lord has set two ways before every man and counsels us to choose the right way which leads to blessing and life. There is no death in the right way. The other way is that which seems right to a man but ends in death and destruction. The right way is narrow and therefore allows travellers to carry only what is essential and necessary for the journey of life.

Man needs only two things to live - food and the word of God. Your diet is not balanced if all that you depend on for sustenance if food. Your soul and spirit will be famished and you will eventually die of hunger if you fail to feed on the words that come out of the mouth of God. What shall it profit a man, if he shall have enough food and lose his own soul for lack of spiritual nourishment.