Friday, June 21, 2013

God's Great Goodness

Psalms 100:5 in one of the many Scripture passages that speak of God’s goodness. It says, "For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations." (KJV).

The Scriptural truth of God’s goodness is essential to our Christian maturity. God is good all the time.

Regardless to what we experience or feel, what we know or don’t know or what others tell us, we must believe God is good – all the time. His goodness is not dependent on our behavior or defined by some random acts of charity to a selected few who worked hard to deserve it.

God's goodness is an expression of His character, His very heart.

Our bravest attempt to be good fall short of God's goodness. For when we stumble and fall our goodness can never make up the loss of our moral footing. Try as we may with labor and sweat, we will never out due God's goodness. Out of His goodness, He remains faithful to rescue us time and time again. He is good when our prayers are answered and He is good while other answers to prayer sit dormant on a shelf for days, weeks and even years before there is an answer.

In our darkest hour when pain, fear and confusion overwhelm us and those close to us question God’s goodness; we should never be swayed by their view. To understand the depth of His goodness is know - really know - how much God loves us.

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