Taking God at his word

Do we take God at his word? In condescension and compassion, the Lord of hosts invites his people to "try me now in this": to act in dependence upon his promises and to obtain great blessings. We need to understand what the Lord's challenge involves, who is speaking and what he is inviting us to do. We need to feel why the challenge bites, our tendency to hold back even when the Lord holds out his mercies. Then, we ought to consider how to act when the challenge comes, and what it looks like to take God at his word.