And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
— Mark 10:18
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
— Psalm 73:1
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.
— Psalm 84:11
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
— 2 Corinthians 9:8
There are countless verses about God’s goodness, and I just wanted to share a few. Im always telling everyone about the goodness of God. He is good, He provides our every need, even when we’re grumbling, even while we doubt, even while we are blinded by our sin, even when we are faithless and downcast, God is good! He has proven it over and over again.
But this really hit me
— “The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.” — Oswald Chambers
Genesis 3:4-5, “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
The devil is like that sneaky little mosquito, but even worse! His goal is to rob the people from their relationship with Jesus by making them doubt His very character. Here’s the devil’s counsel to his co-workers, “If you want to mislead the people from their Creator, it’s quite simple – just make use of their trials and tribulations to let them doubt His love and goodness.” The serpent had been successful in tempting Eve by having her doubt the goodness and faithfulness of God. He implied that God is selfish and doesn’t want to share His knowledge of good and evil with them. He deceived her into believing that God withheld from her the best. Regretfully, Eve believed the lie of the devil and did that which God had forbidden her.
Ever since then the devil has been busy in getting people to doubt the goodness and faithfulness of God. When things don’t happen according to our expectations or when situations seem to be unfair, we are always tempted to ask, “Why did God do this to me?” Satan whispers and lies in our mind: “If God really loves you then why did he put you in such a difficult situation? If God really cares for you then why is He not answering your prayers? If God is in control of your life then why all things are not going well with you?” By having us believe these lies, he turns us to get bitter against God and do things that which He has forbidden.
Family, may the lie of Satan be destroyed by the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Eph. 6:17). For it is written, “God is good and His love endures forever” (Ps 118:1). When tempted Eve failed to acknowledge that God gave her the best. She couldn’t believe that He works all things for good. She couldn’t trust God’s love for her. Oswald Chambers once said, “The root of sin is the suspicion that God is not good.”
How painful it would be for God to see His children doubting His goodness in their lives! In most cases, the root cause for worry, disappointment, loneliness and depression is our failure to acknowledge who God is. The state of our mind and heart speaks more of what we believe about God than our statements. And the bible tells us . . .
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.
— 2 Tim 1:7
So whenever you are tempted to doubt God’s love and goodness in your life gear yourself up to cling to the following Scriptures:
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all– how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?”
— Romans 8:32
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
— Matthew 7:9-11
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
— Romans 8:28
