When God finished
creating the Heaven and the earth they reflected God’s nature of goodness and
they were described thus;
“And God
saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good” (Genesis
1:31a).
Goodness is
a part of God’s nature and so is excellence. And He is committed to doing good
things in the lives of His children (2 Chronicles 6:14). Anyone who tells you
that the only plan of God for your life is suffering, persecution and
struggling, that person is ignorant of God’s word, His plans and promises for
His children. God, unlike what some people think, is not against you having
good things: a good and blessed life, good car, good house, etc. What then
should we know about God and His goodness to us?
1. The
source of your good(ness) and blessings must be God. Good comes from God. Anything
that is not from God (money, child, house, job, etc) is not good and will lead
away from God here on earth and in eternity.
2. God wants to and MUST retain number one place
in your heart and in your life. Anything, no matter how good, that takes your
heart away from God, will implicate you in eternity. Even if God gave you the
job and it has now taken you far from God, that job has been hijacked by the
devil.
3. God MUST
retain control and remain in-charge of what you have. Anything in your life
that is not accessible to God is an idol. This is how money, clothes, houses,
jobs etc have become idols to many. Having these things is not sinful, but when
these things have you, then you have been setup and in the webs of idolatry and
in danger of hell!
4. Your
trust must remain in God and not in the “goods”. God should remain the backbone
and trust of your life.
If you want
good in your life, stay in God and be good to people. Psalm 84:11b says: “No
good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly”. If God will
not withhold good from you, no human or witch and not even the devil can keep
good from you.
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