God is Goodness
Devotional Reading : “…no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.” (Psalms 84:11)
If you’ve been disappointed that life hasn’t turned out the way you’d hoped it would, you may be tempted to think God has kept His best from you. But the truth is He hasn’t. His nature is not to deliberately hold back good from you. The Psalmist said, For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. 84:11
The challenge we have is that we we tend to focus on the situation around us rather than paying attention on God’s Character. As believers, we must learn to shift our hearts and minds to the One who knows what we go through, the One who knit us together and ordained our days. When we look into the Bible we see that through out its pages there is a revelation of God’s character throughout history, His unchanging, unrelenting, consistent character. We see that God is not just good He is goodness.
So now isn’t the time to focus on the unknowns and what-ifs. Now is the time to switch our focus to the Father, who has seen all things since the beginning.
Focusing on God’s goodness leaves our hearts lighter. It lifts our perspective off ourselves and the situations around us and gives room for God’s glory to take center stage. We realign with His character and remember who He is and how He has proven Himself faithful again and again. And when we do this, we begin to see that the faithfulness of God yesterday is a testimony for tomorrow.
Prayer and Confession
Thank you Jesus because you are good. Father I receive the ability to consistently fix my attention on you alone and not my situations. Amen!
Further Reading – Psalm 27:13; Psalm 34:8
