“Oh, how great is Your goodness...!” (Ps.31:19a). David declares the goodness of God—and we should too! Here are some ways we may:
• Express Gratitude—Praise Him for His goodness! Give voice in worship, for God is worthy of our praise.
• Exclude Grumbling—This is a sin against His goodness! God takes this seriously. Israel was judged and a generation of grumblers died in the wilderness. Don’t be like that. It is an affront to a good God.
• Exercise Faith—You can trust Him for He is good. Do we believe it?
• Embrace Grace—Stop trying to earn His goodness. God will not be indebted to you. He is good because it is His nature to be good. We are bad because it is our nature to be bad. That is what makes God doing good to us to arise from the glory of His grace!
• Exhibit Goodness—We are never more like God than when we do good.
“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” (Matt.5:44-45).
This is why God loves a cheerful giver! We are reflecting Him! God’s goodness is to be a focus of my life.
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