"Oh taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who trusteth in Him." (Ps. 34:8) Have you ever experienced the goodness of God? If your answer is no, then allow me to bring an awareness to you of this goodness that is given by God. You may be saying to yourself, "Good, ha! Everything in my life right now is going downhill and if one more thing adds itself to my plate then I will be completely drowned!" When things get overwhelming in such a way, it will be extremely difficult to see the good that God is doing for us on a daily basis. To start, those burdens that you carry have to be handed over to Jesus as He instructs us to come unto Him with these heavy loads and He will give us rest (Matthew 11:28-30). That sounds Good to me!
In addition to God through His Son taking on our burdens in exchange for His lighter ones, when we began to truly seek God for who He is and not just for what He can do for us, the goodness that we will experience will undoubtedly change our outlook forever. Lamentations 3:25-26 declares that the Lord is good to them who waits on Him and seeks Him. Experiencing God's goodness does not have to start with us seeking Him, but His goodness will definitely draw us closer to Him. It is indeed the goodness of God that leads us to a state of repentance (Romans 2:4).
This has been experienced in our lives as we recently had a moment to reflect on what has been taking place in our lives and all we can say in one accord is "God has been Good to us!" We, to the best of our ability try to put God first in everything and we are not even close to perfect, but God desires our hearts to be perfect toward Him and this is what we strive to offer up to God daily. (See Ps. 101:2-3). Mistakes, we make them but we do not practice wrong doing. I said that to say that even in the midst of things in our lives not always lining up to God's standards we are experiencing God's goodness in ways we can not even describe. It is, however, drawing us closer to Him for Him to make us more like Him so that our lives will glorify Him. It is and will always be about God!
Today and everyday, begin looking for God demonstrating His goodness in your life. It may not at first be a car given to you or material things for that matter, but it can be a peace that comes over you when otherwise you would have lost it. Begin to thank God for His goodness towards you even in the little things. We will then be able to exhalt His name together for all the good He is doing.
Always in Love,
Kevin and Deon Myers
Amen, Praise the Lord! Beautiful Post!
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