REFLECTIONS ON THE GOODNESS OF GOD/BIBLICAL PROOFS OF GOD’S GOODNESS3

In the book of James, chapter 1 verse 17, we read: “Every good and perfect gift, comes from above from the father of lights in whom there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. “Our Lord Jesus Christ said that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness. All these point to the fact that God’s good ness is real and so true that it cannot and should never be doubted by anyone .Many times when people face difficult times, they begin to wonder whether God is still there and whether he still cares, but the truth is that he does. I heard the story of a young man, who lost his mother, was mad with God because he said that he could not understand what God wanted him to now and why God would take his good mother away. What he was never taught is the fact that God is not the killer that the one who steals, and kills and destroys is the devil, and as a matter of fact death is caused by an evil spirit-the spirit of death! Rather than these we read in the book of Jeremiah chapter 29 and verse 11 we read,” For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace (good) and not of evil, to bring you to an expected end. “Thus we can see that God thinks only Good thoughts towards us and not evil thoughts and wants good to happen to us, not evil.
Following his knowledge of these things, King David writes in the book of Psalms 100:5,106:1,107:1,118 verses 1 and 29,: O Give thanks unto the Lord , for He is good and his mercy endures forever.Again, in Psalm 107 verse 8, 15, 21, and 31 we read: “Oh that men would praise the Lord, for his goodness and for his wonderful works, to the children of men!”
Finally, “He has not dealt with us according to our sins; nor has he rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high over the earth, so great is his mercy towards them that fear him. And as the East is far from the West, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pities his children, so the Lord pities them that fear him. For he knows our frame, and he remembers that we are dust!”Psalm 103, verses10-14.What a good God He is! My prayer for you is that your whole mind, soul, spirit and body, be always conscious of who he is, of his goodness, and of his unfailing love, and the fact that he himself said, I will never leave you nor forsake you, and lo, I am with you until the end of the age. Amen.