Galatians 5:22-23
New International Version (NIV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
One of the great components of the fruit of the Holy Spirit is the attribute of "goodness". I have been thinking about the goodness of the Lord the past couple of days and I have been overwhelmed by the awesome goodness of God. In our church we often say, "God is good all the time and all the time God is good!!" The goodness of God is a prominent theme throughout the whole of the word of God.The word good and its derivatives are found over 800 times in the scripture. It seems that this is a wonderful and prevailing character of the Lord of Hosts.
Goodness cuts through all the words and gets to the heart of the matter. God's entire heart toward us is goodness. He has always and will always be loving and good to us, His creation. The word says He has loved us with an everlasting love. The one thing we can always count on is that God has our best interest at heart and everything that He does is good for us. Remember what Romans 8:28 says that in every circumstance and every situation, that God will take these things and cause them to work for our GOOD. What an awesome and powerful thing to consider. We are not magically sucked out of the world and the condition of man. We are though, given the promise that whatever the world throws at us, we can face it with faith. Not everything we face is good, but God will take even the bad stuff and keep us on track by "causing" everything in our lives to bring us to a place of confident trust in His goodness.
How are we display the goodness of God in our own lives? We are really designed to show forth the glory of our God. We do this best when we take the goodness that God has bestowed on us, and let it flow openly to the people we touch everyday. The Word says that the world will know that we are His people by His love-not our words, not our deeds, but by the love that motivates our words and actions. The goodness of the Lord will change us, change those around us, and compel us to serve people with the heart of the God. That makes all the difference in the world. That's what I am thinking....
One of the great components of the fruit of the Holy Spirit is the attribute of "goodness". I have been thinking about the goodness of the Lord the past couple of days and I have been overwhelmed by the awesome goodness of God. In our church we often say, "God is good all the time and all the time God is good!!" The goodness of God is a prominent theme throughout the whole of the word of God.The word good and its derivatives are found over 800 times in the scripture. It seems that this is a wonderful and prevailing character of the Lord of Hosts.
Goodness cuts through all the words and gets to the heart of the matter. God's entire heart toward us is goodness. He has always and will always be loving and good to us, His creation. The word says He has loved us with an everlasting love. The one thing we can always count on is that God has our best interest at heart and everything that He does is good for us. Remember what Romans 8:28 says that in every circumstance and every situation, that God will take these things and cause them to work for our GOOD. What an awesome and powerful thing to consider. We are not magically sucked out of the world and the condition of man. We are though, given the promise that whatever the world throws at us, we can face it with faith. Not everything we face is good, but God will take even the bad stuff and keep us on track by "causing" everything in our lives to bring us to a place of confident trust in His goodness.
How are we display the goodness of God in our own lives? We are really designed to show forth the glory of our God. We do this best when we take the goodness that God has bestowed on us, and let it flow openly to the people we touch everyday. The Word says that the world will know that we are His people by His love-not our words, not our deeds, but by the love that motivates our words and actions. The goodness of the Lord will change us, change those around us, and compel us to serve people with the heart of the God. That makes all the difference in the world. That's what I am thinking....
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