God is Good

It's one thing to believe that God is with you wherever you go. It's another thing completely to believe that is a good thing. Demons shutter at the thought of there being one God who is everywhere. We struggle at times, too. Sometimes we struggle because we have rebelled against God and don't want to be around Him. Sometimes it is because we believe God is mean, vindictive, or simply angry. It is in these moments that we need to remember that God is good.

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone. (Mark 10:18 NIV)

God is not only the giver of all good gifts. God's will for our lives is also good. God's purpose is always good.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2 NIV)

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. (Philippians 2:12-13 NIV)

When we follow God's will, we do good as well.

For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10 NIV)

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. (2 Peter 1:3 NIV)

Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. (3 John 1:11 NIV)

So how about you? Do you believe that God is good all the time? Do you trust God to lead you to do good works? Do you lead a godly life as you follow God's good will?