God Is Good

The things of God are so deep, so involved, so complex that we forget those simple things that drew us to Him. More of the saints should spend meditation time on God’s goodness. Just allowing it to roll over our thoughts, just dwelling on His goodness. It should be easy because…well…it’s EVERYWHERE! I believe if we let our thoughts settle on the goodness of God, we will find ourselves with more fine-tuned thought patterns, holier ideas, cleaner thinking—and it will draw us that much closer to Christ!

Our God is SO good! And you know what’s great about Him? God doesn’t stop being God just because we stop being good. He’s always good. “God is Good, all the time. And all the time, God is good.” Churches chant this every Sunday morning for their service, and walk out the doors and some shun the world for not having fellowshipped with them. But God is good to the churched, and the unchurched among us. He is good to the beggar and He is good to the billionaire. He is good to the sinner and He is good to the saint.

Whether our bank accounts read in the six-figures or whether we just lost our bank account, it does not prevent God’s goodness from being over our lives! It is freeing to rejoice in the Lord when the world says you should be complaining to Him! Next time, tell your situation that He is still good, He’s still Jehovah Jireh!
He is good to all creation, providing rain to trees, sunlight to flowers. Flowing rivers and streams, oceans, lakes, and the tiniest puddles are a testimony to the goodness of God. The winds that cause trees to billow in worship, and cause waves to crash to shore are proof of God’s goodness. The dirt beneath us, and all its little inhabitants know…like the birds that take the wind that God is GREAT!
He has granted mercy to the fallen because He is good. He has given restoration to the weak because He is good.

It remains that He’s good in the midst of sickness, pain, and death. Still good! In the words of a downtrodden Job, “though he slay me, yet will I hope in Him!” Job knew that God was good, but he also knew that God was not JOB. He has plans bigger than ours, thoughts higher than ours, and sees the end from the beginning.

He has given us Himself. Better yet, a separation from himself to show us how Holy He is and yet, He is so close we can feel His heartbeat. So, when we are broken, we should lay on the breast of our Father, knowing that He has given healing to our souls. When we have sinned, we should not run from God in guilt, but we should run into his arms in order to feel loved and repositioned for greatness in Him. He corrects those He loves!

Naturally, we could go on and on about His goodness! I charge you to marvel at His goodness as often as it comes to your heart. It will stir your spirit, give you a new appreciation of all He has done, and all that He is, and make you appreciate the fact that He knows you by name!