Devotional
Morning all... Just when I wonder how good God really is, he always has a plan to show me how truly loving and good He is. God is good! What emotion does that fact stir in you? I know for some this phrase stirs up an unspeakable joy, while others seem to be immune to its emotion. I believe the issue for many of us is that the phrase “God is good” is so frequently said and so infrequently experienced. For many of us we are just told that God is good from a young age, but we are seldom given the chance to experience that goodness. David said that he would look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. He had already seen God’s goodness in his life and believed that he would see it again. He knew for a fact that God was good and therefore he sought to experience that goodness. It’s that same heart that the Sons of Korah had in Psalm 84, singing, “How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God . . . Better is a one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wicked” (Psalm 84:1-2,10). That sounds like the worship of a good God, a goodness that had been experienced. Take time today to respond to God’s invitation of goodness. Seek to look upon his face and to experience his goodness.
Rev Mark Spiers
Rev Mark Spiers