God's Goodness

Mr. Bill says it always rains the most “on pavement.”  I was reminded of that yesterday when we came out of a movie, the pavement was wet.  Oh, how the gardens in our neighborhood could have used that water – seems like such a waste!

 

God is good to everyone – even those who reject Him.  Yes, there is special provision for those who love and revere Him, but He’s good to everyone.  Jesus said God “maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” (Matthew 5:45).  You see, the most hateful of persons toward Almighty God enjoy the sunshine, the rain, the oceans, the starlit nights.  When we consider God’s Goodness, His Goodness is conclusive.  One cannot say “God is good but.”  Such a statement is doomed, destined to be flawed.  We can only say “God is good” – no if’s or “but’s … He is good!  I love how the Puritan stated it in his prayer: “I once lived in the world, but was ignorant of its Creator, was partaker of Thy providences, but knew not the Provider, was blind while enjoying the sunlight, was deaf to all things spiritual with voices all around me, understood many things, but had no knowledge of Thy ways, saw the world but did not see Jesus only.  O happy day, when in Thy love’s sovereignty Thou didst look on me, and call me by grace.”  Even when I was ignorant and blind, God was good and called me by name and by grace.  God is good all the time – All the time God is good.  Jerry Clower probably said it best: “Ain’t God Good!”