[ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. - James 1:17 ]
God is good - all the time. This isn't just a hopeful phrase that people who live in a pretty, perfect little sheltered world without trouble say, it's a fact about God's nature. God is good and only good. He has no darkness in Him at all. He is a good loving Father. Sometimes we do not fully understand His love, but He always loves us. He doesn't do evil, and He doesn't bring evil. He is Holy, True and Just. I've had a few discussions with atheists that often bring up things like why is there rape in the world, why all the disease, why the poverty etc? My answer is always the same, we as humans are the cause of those things. We live in a fallen world and it's corruption is because we corrupt ourselves and need a Saviour. God is always good, faithful and true but people are most certainly not.
Sadly many churches and Christians aren't good either and have hurt many, many people in the name of God. We as humans often like to blame someone else for our own bad choices instead of taking ownership for them because if we did take ownership then we are one step closer to repentance and change for the better. And there is someone who very much doesn't want that to happen. We as humans have an enemy and have had from the very beginning. His name is Satan, the Devil. He is the opposite of God. He is evil and only evil. He has been out to undermine the relationship we have with God our Father since the start and he's still very much at ittoday. He whispers "God isn't good, if He was good He wouldn't have allowed this..." Yet it is the Devil that steals, kills and destroys and brings only sorrow and destruction then does his best to make us think it's God to blame. He desperately wants you to believe the lie that God isn't good. Just like He said to Adam and Eve, just like he said to Job, and just like He said to Jesus in the wilderness.
The thing is, God doesn't want robots - He wants us to choose. He wants us to know the Truth about Him. Unlike the Devil, God is love and doesn't manipulate our hearts or force us to do anything. God also has nothing to prove to us, He more than showers us with His grace and love every single day we breathe and live on this planet and made a way for us to be in close relationship with Him through Jesus Christ God's Son. So why is knowing that 'God is good' so important? Because once your eyes are opened to the powerful truth that God is good and only good despite what comes along in our lives - we can weather any storm. The devil needs you to believe the lie that God isn't good, because once you know the truth - He can't touch you anymore.
Just like Jesus, we can stand against our enemy the Devil defiantly in God's love knowing that we do not need to bow to fear because God is with us and for us. We have a Heavenly Father that loves us and there is nothing at all in Heaven or Hell that can can touch, grasp, damage or even compete with the sheer vastness of His unfathomable love. We are forever safe in in His love. Romans 8:38-39 tells us that nothing at all can separate us from God's love. Even in death, His love still triumphs. God's love was demonstrated when Jesus rose from the dead - The Father calling His one and only Son He loves back to Him. God's love is really that powerful. It can raise the dead, heal the sick and save anyone who receives His love. So today, I pray that God opens your eyes to the truth that 'God is good'. You have nothing to fear. He loves you and is for you. Stand as a child of the King. Walk strong in the love of the Father.
God is good - all the time. This isn't just a hopeful phrase that people who live in a pretty, perfect little sheltered world without trouble say, it's a fact about God's nature. God is good and only good. He has no darkness in Him at all. He is a good loving Father. Sometimes we do not fully understand His love, but He always loves us. He doesn't do evil, and He doesn't bring evil. He is Holy, True and Just. I've had a few discussions with atheists that often bring up things like why is there rape in the world, why all the disease, why the poverty etc? My answer is always the same, we as humans are the cause of those things. We live in a fallen world and it's corruption is because we corrupt ourselves and need a Saviour. God is always good, faithful and true but people are most certainly not.
Sadly many churches and Christians aren't good either and have hurt many, many people in the name of God. We as humans often like to blame someone else for our own bad choices instead of taking ownership for them because if we did take ownership then we are one step closer to repentance and change for the better. And there is someone who very much doesn't want that to happen. We as humans have an enemy and have had from the very beginning. His name is Satan, the Devil. He is the opposite of God. He is evil and only evil. He has been out to undermine the relationship we have with God our Father since the start and he's still very much at ittoday. He whispers "God isn't good, if He was good He wouldn't have allowed this..." Yet it is the Devil that steals, kills and destroys and brings only sorrow and destruction then does his best to make us think it's God to blame. He desperately wants you to believe the lie that God isn't good. Just like He said to Adam and Eve, just like he said to Job, and just like He said to Jesus in the wilderness.
The thing is, God doesn't want robots - He wants us to choose. He wants us to know the Truth about Him. Unlike the Devil, God is love and doesn't manipulate our hearts or force us to do anything. God also has nothing to prove to us, He more than showers us with His grace and love every single day we breathe and live on this planet and made a way for us to be in close relationship with Him through Jesus Christ God's Son. So why is knowing that 'God is good' so important? Because once your eyes are opened to the powerful truth that God is good and only good despite what comes along in our lives - we can weather any storm. The devil needs you to believe the lie that God isn't good, because once you know the truth - He can't touch you anymore.
Just like Jesus, we can stand against our enemy the Devil defiantly in God's love knowing that we do not need to bow to fear because God is with us and for us. We have a Heavenly Father that loves us and there is nothing at all in Heaven or Hell that can can touch, grasp, damage or even compete with the sheer vastness of His unfathomable love. We are forever safe in in His love. Romans 8:38-39 tells us that nothing at all can separate us from God's love. Even in death, His love still triumphs. God's love was demonstrated when Jesus rose from the dead - The Father calling His one and only Son He loves back to Him. God's love is really that powerful. It can raise the dead, heal the sick and save anyone who receives His love. So today, I pray that God opens your eyes to the truth that 'God is good'. You have nothing to fear. He loves you and is for you. Stand as a child of the King. Walk strong in the love of the Father.
