Psalm 100

Psalm 100:5 "For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations."

As we sometimes say..... God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good. God has always been good. He doesn't decide to be good. He is inherently good. Goodness is just who He is. As sure as He is the Creator of the Universe, Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, He is good. It is His character. He doesn't have to try. He doesn't have to resist His nature to be good. He is good and He is different than us. That is why we should endeavor to be like Him. Because on our own; without following Him, we can't be good.

The Word of God tells us that none is good. None is worthy. Only He is worthy. This is why our reliance on Him should be so important. We need Him in order to have a barometer for what good is and does and looks like. Only a good God's love would endure forever. Only a good God's faithfulness would continue through all generations. Now, that is good.

If this is indeed true, then why do we doubt and struggle so much? Why do we resist His transforming power? Why do we remain the same? If you haven't guessed by now, we are not good. We are sinful by nature. As sure as Adam sinned, we will sin. Even after we receive grace and salvation, we will out of our weakness, selfishness, laziness and rebellion be overcome with our natural tendencies and choose sin.

Sounds like a miserable situation except for the fact that He is good. He forgives, He restores, generation after generation He keeps redeeming and His grace is a fountain of mercy and love. When we consider this unmerited kindness it should cause us to rethink our decisions and choices, and be repentant. We should rally with new effort to walk upright and seek the Lord. We should express unwavering appreciation to our good God, who is faithful to us and loving forever. This can be hugely encouraging to us and can be a constant source of encouragement.

It is this kindness that keeps me on my knees, making renewed commitments and following through on the ones I have made. He is so good that I am compelled to try to be more like Him, to serve Him, to love Him and to give Him my all. Since God is this good, I will do better every time I remember or am reminded.

Reminding you in Him, Pastor Fred

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