God is good

 Sometimes we say things that we do not mean.  Sometimes we say things that we might think we mean but do not really think about.  I think that this is fairly common in the every day theology of most people who are believers.  We say things, but we do not really think about what they actually mean.  Today's title is one example of that.  Of course we have said that God is good.  But have we ever really examined or stopped to think about what that actually means.

God is good.  It is a statement of fact and it is in the present tense.  That means that in this moment we are saying that God is good.  Right now.  No matter what is happening.  The power just went out.  God is good.  The power came back on.  God is good.  I was given health.  God is good.  I got sick.  God is good.  The statement is not a reflection on our circumstances, but on the character of God.  Think about that.  How often do we say it as though it is totally dependent on what is happening around us?   I get a check in the mail - God is good.  I get a bill in the mail - . . . . . . .(silence).  Does God cease to be good because something unpleasant is presently happening in my life?   No of course not.  God is good.  

I think that it would do us well to cement ourselves in the center of the character of God.  It might help us be more steady during the waves that come our way and anchor us to something solid - the character and nature of our good God.